Canaan (man)

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"Noah Cursing Canaan" by Gustave Doré

Canaan (Hebrew: כּנען) was a grandson of Noah, through Ham. His descendants are the Canaanites.

The part of the book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible often called the Table of Nations describes the Canaanites as being descended from an ancestor called Canaan (Hebrew: כְּנַעַן, Kana'an), saying (Genesis 10:15–19):

Canaan is the father of Sidon, his firstborn; and Heth, and the Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites. Later the Canaanite clans scattered, and the borders of Canaan reached [across the Mediterranean coast] from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then [inland around the Jordan Valley] toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.