Woman living at the time of the Patriarchs
Shaul's mother was a Canaanite woman, according to the genealogies of Simeon.
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The Canaanite woman mentioned in Gen.46.10 and Exo.6.15 is the mother of Shaul, who was a son of Simeon. In the genealogies of Simeon, one of the twelve sons of Israel (or 'Jacob'), Shaul is distinguished from his brothers by the fact that his mother was a Canaanite woman. This detail suggests that Simeon married a woman from the Canaanite people, who were the inhabitants of the land of Canaan before the Israelites. The mention of Shaul's mother's Canaanite origin is significant because it shows that intermarriage between the Israelites and the Canaanites did occur, despite the general prohibition against such unions (Deut. Exo.7.3). The inclusion of this information in the genealogies also highlights the importance of maternal lineage in the biblical record.
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2 verses in 2 books · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H3669
The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.
The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. These were the clans of Simeon.
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