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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Chanaan (Canaan)
The King James spelling of Canaan in Acts, where Stephen's speech looks back on the land promised to Abraham's descendants.
The King James spelling of Canaan in Acts, where Stephen's speech looks back on the land promised to Abraham's descendants.
Chanaan is the King James Version's transliteration of “Canaan” as it appears in the Greek text of Acts, referring to the land promised to Abraham's descendants rather than to a person. Stephen's speech recalls God giving Israel no inheritance there before the conquest (Acts 7:11), while Paul's synagogue sermon at Pisidian Antioch recounts God destroying seven nations in the land of Canaan to give it to Israel (Acts 13:19).
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- Acts 7:11
- Acts 13:19
