10:15 Canaan was the father of 1 Sidon his firstborn, 2 Heth, 3
1 tn Heb “fathered.”
2 sn Sidon was the foremost city in Phoenicia; here Sidon may be the name of its founder.
3 tn Some see a reference to “Hittites” here (cf. NIV), but this seems unlikely. See the note on the phrase “sons of Heth” in Gen 23:3.
4 tn Heb “and Isaac expired and died and he was gathered to his people.” In the ancient Israelite view he joined his deceased ancestors in Sheol, the land of the dead.
5 tn Heb “old and full of years.”