HETH . A ‘son’ of Canaan, Genesis 10:15 (J [Note: Jahwist.] ) = 1 Chronicles 1:13 . The wives of Esau are called in Genesis 27:46 (R [Note: Redactor.] ) ‘daughters of Heth’; and in Genesis 23:3 ff; Genesis 25:10; Genesis 49:32 (all P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] ) ‘children of Heth,’ i.e. Hittites, are located at Mamre. See, further, Hittites.
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