And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn
Canaan is the fourth son of Ham; the posterity of Phut, his third
son, are omitted: the firstborn of Canaan was Sidon, from whom
the city of Sidon had its name, being either built by himself,
who called it after his own name, or by some of his posterity,
who called it so in memory of their ancestor: it was a very
ancient city, more ancient than Tyre, for that was built by the
Sidonians; Homer makes mention of it, but not of Tyre: it is now
called Said, as it was in the times of Benjamin of Tudela {f}.
Justin F7 says it had its name from the plenty
of fish on its coasts; but, since Canaan had a son of this name,
it was no doubt so called from him.
And Heth;
the father of the Hittites, who dwelt about Hebron, on the south
of the land of Canaan; for when Sarah died, the sons of Heth were
in possession of it, ( Genesis 23:2
Genesis
23:3 ) of this race were the Anakim, or giants, drove out
from hence by Caleb, ( Numbers
13:22 ) ( Joshua 15:13
Joshua
15:14 ) and these Hittites became terrible to men in later
times, as appears from ( 2 Kings 7:6 ) hence
(htx) signifies to
terrify, affright, and throw into a consternation.