Canaan

[ key-nuh n ]

/ ˈkeɪ nən /

the ancient region lying between the Jordan, the Dead Sea, and the Mediterranean: the land promised by God to Abraham. Gen. 12:5–10.

Biblical name of Palestine.

any land of promise.

a descendant of Ham, the son of Noah. Gen. 10.

Origin of Canaan

From the Hebrew word Kenaʿan

God shall enlarge Japheth,  And he shall dwell in the tents of Shem;  And Canaan shall be his servant.

The Story of Noah's Ark From the Bible’s Book of Genesis |The Daily Beast |March 24, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.

The Story of Noah's Ark From the Bible’s Book of Genesis |The Daily Beast |March 24, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Cursed be Canaan;  A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

The Story of Noah's Ark From the Bible’s Book of Genesis |The Daily Beast |March 24, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.

The Story of Noah's Ark From the Bible’s Book of Genesis |The Daily Beast |March 24, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Lincoln supposedly said, “And so the children of Israel were driven from the happy land of Canaan?”

What Happened When General Grant Expelled Civil War Jews |Marc Wortman |March 22, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
His admonitions are educed from important events in the history of the journey of the Israelites from Egypt to the land of Canaan.

Sermons of Christmas Evans |Joseph Cross
Government kept Moses out of Canaan, but grace conducted him to Pisgah's top.

The Great Commission |C. H. (Charles Henry) Mackintosh
Apparently the Hebrew settlement of Canaan occupied fully a century.

Biblical Geography and History |Charles Foster Kent
They dreamed not of Canaan for themselves and Egypt for their children.

The Lord's Coming |C. H. (Charles Henry) Mackintosh
In God's stead he says, "Cursed be Canaan;" "a servant of servants shall he be to his brethren."

Cotton is King and The Pro-Slavery Arguments |Various

Canaan

/ (ˈkeɪnən) /

an ancient region between the River Jordan and the Mediterranean, corresponding roughly to Israel: the Promised Land of the Israelites