And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.
19. And the border of the Canaanite ] This verse describes the geographical limits of the extension of the Canaanite peoples in a southerly direction, with Zidon as the starting-point in the north. As the limit on the south-west, we have “toward Gerar unto Gaza,” and on the south-east “toward Sodom and Gomorrah, &c. unto Lasha.” This would represent a triangle, having Zidon on the north, with Gaza and Lasha on the south-west and south-east. The description is not free from obscurity. “Toward Gerar unto Gaza” is hardly a natural definition; since Gaza lies to the north of Gerar.
“Lasha,” or, as we should read it, “Lesha,” was identified by Jerome with “Callirrhoe” on the east side of the Dead Sea; but, as the name does not occur elsewhere, this is only a traditional conjecture. Kittel ( Biblia Hebraica) identifies it with “Bela,” or “Zoar” (Gen 14:2) which is mentioned together with the four “cities of the plain.”
For “Lasha,” Wellhausen conjectures “unto Laish” in the north-east of Palestine, which would give a fourth geographical limit of the Canaanite border, and alter the scheme of delimitation from a triangular to a four-sided area of country.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
From Sidon, i.e. the city and country of Sidon, on the north-west.
Unto Gaza, on the south-west.
Zeboim, on the south and south-east.
Lasha, on the north-east.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon,…. This is to be understood, not of the Canaanites, properly so called, but of them in general; and is a description of the bounds of the land of Canaan, as possessed by the people of Israel: the northern or north west border of it was Sidon, see Ge 10:15 and is to be understood of the country which reached from that city towards the east almost as far as Jordan:
as thou comest from Gerar unto Gaza; two cities of the Philistines, well known in Scripture, the former for being the place where Abraham and Isaac sometimes sojourned, and the latter for Samson’s exploits in it; these were the southern or south west border of the land of Canaan:
as thou goest unto Sodom and Gomorrah, and Admah and Zeboim; four cities destroyed by fire from heaven, as is after related in this book; these lay to the south or south east part of the land:
even unto Lashah; which, according to the Targum of Jonathan, is Callirrhoe, a place famous for hot waters, which run into the Dead sea, and who in this is followed by Jerom; but since it was not in the southern part of Judea, as Lashah was, Bochart proposes a Lusa, as being more likely to be the place, a city of the Arabs, which Ptolemy b puts in the midway between the Mediterranean and the Red sea; but this is objected to by Reland c, since the southern borders of the land of Canaan were from the extremity of the Dead sea unto the Mediterranean sea, from which Lusa was at a great distance: the Samaritan version of this verse is very different from the Hebrew, and is this,
“and the border of the Canaanites was from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates, and unto the hinder sea:”
i.e. the western or Mediterranean.
a Phaleg. l. 4. c. 37. col. 309. b Geograph. l. 5. c. 17. c Palestina Illustrata, tom. 2. p. 871.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(19, 20) The border . . . The boundaries given are Sidon in the north, Gerar and Gaza in the south and south-west, and thence to the Dead Sea. The only Lasha known is a place famous for its hot springs on the east of the Red Sea Though the Phnicians may-have occupied this town on their way to Palestine, it could not have been one of their boundaries, so that it is probably some place destroyed in the convulsion which overthrew the cities of the plain. We must notice also that while Sidon is Aradus and Hamath were considerably above it. It is probable, therefore, that both the Arvadite and the Hamathite were still wandering tribes without settlements when this table was drawn up.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
19. The territory of the Canaanites is now described, in general terms, as commencing at the Phenician city of Sidon and running southward to Gerer and Gaza, cities of the Philistines, then spreading eastward to the great plain of Siddim, which is now covered by the southern portion of the Dead Sea, but which, at the time this narrative was written, was occupied by the cities of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim . This statement shows that this chapter must have been written at least as early as the time of Abraham . The location of Lasha is unknown, although Jerome, and others following him, identify it with Callirhoe, north-east of the Dead Sea . But there are no remains there, and the identification is doubtful .
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Gen 10:19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.
Ver. 19. And the border of the Canaanites. ] Which was afterwards enlarged to the Israelites by the addition of two kingdoms beyond Jordan.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
And the: Gen 13:12-17, Gen 15:18-21, Num 34:2-15, Deu 32:8, Jos 12:7, Jos 12:8, Jos 14:1 – Jos 21:45
as thou comest: Gen 13:10
Gerar: Gen 20:1, Gen 26:1
Gaza: Heb. Azzah, Jdg 16:1, Jer 25:20
Sodom: Gen 13:10-13, Gen 14:2, Gen 18:20, Gen 19:24, Gen 19:25, Hos 11:8
Reciprocal: Gen 11:31 – the land Gen 12:5 – and into Gen 12:6 – Canaanite Gen 13:7 – Canaanite Jos 10:41 – Gaza Jdg 6:4 – till thou come 1Ki 4:24 – Azzah 2Ch 14:13 – Gerar Job 38:20 – the bound Jer 47:1 – Gaza Mar 7:24 – Tyre Act 12:20 – Tyre