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Genesis 10:15-19

The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 10:15-19

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

The Canaanites.

I. DESCENDANTS OF A WICKED FATHER.

II. INHERITORS OF AN AWFUL CURSE.

III. POSSESSORS OF A FAIR DOMAIN.

IV. USURPERS OF ANOTHER'S LAND.

Lessons:—

1. Wicked men and nations may greatly prosper.

2. Prosperity sometimes leads to greater wickedness.

3. The greatest prosperity cannot turn aside the punishment of sin.—W.

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