Genesis 10:17

the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — The passage continues a genealogical catalog within the Table of Nations, listing specific Canaanite clans immediately after the Jebusites, Amorites, and Girgashites in Genesis 10:16.

The words — The Hebrew strings three tribal names using the accusative marker אֵת (’et): הַחִוִּי (haḥîwwî, “the Hivite”), הָעַרְקִי (hā’arqî, “the Arkite”), and הַסִּינִי (has-sînî, “the Sinite”).

The thread — The Hivites surface again in Genesis 34:2 as the ruling clan of Shechem, prince of the territory, during the incident with Dinah.

Why it lands — The text operates as a straightforward ethnographic ledger, asking the reader to treat the names as historical markers of post-flood tribal distribution rather than theological symbols.

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The Hebrew words

וְאֶת־ve./'Etand/ <obj.>הַֽחִוִּ֥יha./chi.Vithe/ Hivite[s]וְאֶת־ve./'Etand/ <obj.>הַֽעַרְקִ֖יha./'ar.Kithe/ Arkite[s]וְאֶת־ve./'Etand/ <obj.>הַסִּינִֽי׃ha./si.Nithe/ Sinite[s]

King James Version

And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

Cross-references

Genesis 34:2 When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.