the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,
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the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,
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And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
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and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite;
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- Genesis 34:2 Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. He took her, lay with her, and humbled her.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 10:17 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and…
Gen 10:17 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
Ver 17. {See Trapp on "Gen 10:16"}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the Hivite,.... These dwelt in Hermon, a part…
And the Hivite,.... These dwelt in Hermon, a part of Mount Lebanon from Mount Baal Hermon unto the entering in of Hamath, Jos 11:3 to the east of the land of Canaan; hence they were sometimes called Kadmonites, or Easterlings, Gen 15:19 and are thought to have their name from dwelling in holes and caves like serpents; hence Cadmus the Phoenician, and his wife Hermonia, who seem to have their names from hence, are reported to be turned into serpents, they being Hivites, which this word signifies, as Bochart (i) observes.
And the Arkite; the same with the Aruceans, or Arcaeans, Josephus (k) speaks of in Phoenicia about Sidon, and from whom the city Arce had its name, which he places in Lebanon; and is mentioned by Menander (l) as revolting to the king of Assyria, with Sidon and old Tyre; and which is reckoned by Ptolemy (m) a city of Phoenicia, and placed by him near old Byblus; and hence Bothart (n) thinks Venus had the name of Venus Architis, said by Macrobius (o) to be worshipped by the Assyrians and Phoenicians.
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And the Sinite: either the inhabitants of the wilderness of Sin, who dwelt in the northern part of the desert of Arabia, or the Pelusiotae, as Bochart (p) thinks, the inhabitants of Pelusium, which was called Sin, Eze 30:15 the former being its Greek name, the latter its Chaldee or Syriac name, and both signify "clay", it being a clayey place; but Canaan or Phoenicia seems not to have reached so far; Jerom speaks of a city not far from Arca called Sin, where rather these people may be thought to dwell.
(i) Ut supra. (Phaleg. l. 4. c. 36. fol. 304.) (k) Antiqu. l. 1. c. 6. sect. 2. & l. 5. c. 1. sect. 23. (l) Apud Joseph. Antiqu. l. 9. c. 14. sect. 2. (m) Geograph. l. 5. c. 15. (n) Ut supra. (Phaleg. l. 4. c. 36. fol. 304.) (o) Saturnal. l. 1. c. 21. (p) Ut supra. (Phaleg. l. 4. c. 36. fol. 304.)
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 17. the Hivite] The Hivites, dwellers in the country…
17. the Hivite] The Hivites, dwellers in the country about Gibeon (Jos_9:7) and Sichem (Gen_34:2); while Jos_11:3 and Jdg_3:3 speak of the Hivites as dwelling near Mount Hermon and Mount Lebanon, though in neither passage is the reading (? Hittites) certain.
the Arkite] A Phoenician tribe represented by the modern Tell Arḳa, some 80 miles north of Zidon, and not far from Tripolis.
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the Sinite] Jerome mentions a town Sini near Arka.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And the Hivite. "Villagers" (Gesenius); "settlers in cities" (Ewald);…
And the Hivite. "Villagers" (Gesenius); "settlers in cities" (Ewald); their localities are mentioned in Gen_34:2; Jos_9:1, 7 11:3; Jud_1:6:3. And the Arkite. Inhabitants of Arka, a city of Phoenicia (Josephus) afterwards called Caesarea Libani; its ruins still exist at Tel Arka, at the foot of Lebanon. And the Sinite. The inhabitants of Sin. Near Arkf are a fortress named Senna, ruins called Sin, and a village designated Syn.
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