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Heth in the Bible.

A descendant of Canaan, and the ancestor of the Hittites, who dwelt in the vicinity of Hebron. The King James Version names Heth in 12 verses, from Genesis 10:15 to 1 Chronicles 1:13.

Heth’s family.

His family as Theographic Bible Metadata lists it; each name opens its own page.

Who Heth was.

Dread, a descendant of Canaan, and the ancestor of the Hittites (Gen. 10:18; Deut. 7:1), who dwelt in the vicinity of Hebron (Gen. 23:3, 7). The Hittites were a Hamitic race. They are called “the sons of Heth” (Gen. 23:3, 5, 7, 10, 16, 18, 20).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

All 12 verses that name Heth.

Genesis 11

  • Genesis 10:15And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,
  • Genesis 23:3And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
  • Genesis 23:5And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
  • Genesis 23:7And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
  • Genesis 23:10And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,
  • Genesis 23:16And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
  • Genesis 23:18Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
  • Genesis 23:20And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.
  • Genesis 25:10The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
  • Genesis 27:46And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
  • Genesis 49:32The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth.

1 Chronicles 1

Questions about Heth.

Who was Heth in the Bible?

A descendant of Canaan, and the ancestor of the Hittites, who dwelt in the vicinity of Hebron. The King James Version names Heth in 12 verses, from Genesis 10:15 to 1 Chronicles 1:13.

Who was Heth’s father?

Canaan.

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