Canaan

Canaan appears in 101 verses of the Bible, from Genesis to Acts.

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110 km north of Jerusalem
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Canaan is the land on the eastern Mediterranean that God promised to Abraham, conquered by Israel under Joshua and later the setting of Jesus' ministry.

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Key passages

and the territory of Canaan extended from Sidon in the north to Gerar and Gaza in the south, and east as far as Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, near Lasha.
Genesis 10:19 · Read the chapter
And I reaffirmed my covenant with them. Under its terms, I promised to give them the land of Canaan, where they were living as foreigners.
Exodus 6:4 · Read the chapter
“When you arrive in Canaan, the land I am giving you as your own possession, I may contaminate some of the houses in your land with mildew.
Leviticus 14:34 · Read the chapter
“Send out men to explore the land of Canaan, the land I am giving to the Israelites. Send one leader from each of the twelve ancestral tribes.”
Numbers 13:2 · Read the chapter
It is time to break camp and move on. Go to the hill country of the Amorites and to all the neighboring regions—the Jordan Valley, the hill country, the western foothills, the Negev, and the coastal plain. Go to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, and all the way to the great Euphrates River.
Deuteronomy 1:7 · Read the chapter
No manna appeared on the day they first ate from the crops of the land, and it was never seen again. So from that time on the Israelites ate from the crops of Canaan.
Joshua 5:12 · Read the chapter

Every verse (101)

Genesis: Gen 10:19 Gen 11:31 Gen 12:5 Gen 12:10 Gen 13:12 Gen 16:3 Gen 17:8 Gen 23:2 Gen 23:19 Gen 28:1 Gen 28:6 Gen 28:8 Gen 31:18 Gen 33:18 Gen 35:6 Gen 36:2 Gen 36:5 Gen 36:6 Gen 37:1 Gen 42:5 Gen 42:7 Gen 42:13 Gen 42:29 Gen 42:32 Gen 43:1 Gen 44:8 Gen 45:17 Gen 45:25 Gen 46:6 Gen 46:12 Gen 46:31 Gen 47:1 Gen 47:4 Gen 47:13 Gen 47:14 Gen 47:15 Gen 48:3 Gen 48:4 Gen 48:7 Gen 48:21 Gen 49:30 Gen 50:5 Gen 50:13
Exodus: Exo 6:4 Exo 15:15 Exo 16:35
Leviticus: Lev 14:34 Lev 18:3 Lev 25:38
Numbers: Num 13:2 Num 13:17 Num 26:19 Num 32:30 Num 32:32 Num 33:40 Num 33:51 Num 34:2 Num 34:29 Num 35:10 Num 35:14
Deuteronomy: Deu 1:7 Deu 2:12 Deu 32:49
Joshua: Jos 5:12 Jos 11:3 Jos 14:1 Jos 14:7 Jos 14:9 Jos 21:2 Jos 22:9 Jos 22:10 Jos 22:11 Jos 22:32 Jos 24:3
Judges: Jdg 3:1 Jdg 4:2 Jdg 4:23 Jdg 4:24 Jdg 5:19 Jdg 21:12
1 Chronicles: 1Ch 16:18 1Ch 16:19
Psalms: Psa 105:11 Psa 105:12 Psa 105:16 Psa 106:38 Psa 135:11
Isaiah: Isa 19:18 Isa 23:11
Ezekiel: Eze 16:3 Eze 16:29 Eze 17:4
Daniel: Dan 8:9 Dan 11:16 Dan 11:41
Obadiah: Oba 1:20
Zephaniah: Zep 1:11 Zep 2:5
Matthew: Mat 15:22
Acts: Act 7:11 Act 13:19

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