Canaanite_woman כְּנַעֲנִי

Who is Canaanite_woman in the Bible?

The Canaanite woman in the Bible is the mother of Shaul, a son of Simeon, as recorded in Genesis 46:10 and Exodus 6:15. She is identified in the genealogies of Simeon, one of the twelve sons of Israel, as a Canaanite woman who married into the Israelite family, making her distinct from the other mothers in Simeon's lineage. This reference is significant because it documents an instance of intermarriage between the Israelites and the Canaanites, the indigenous inhabitants of Canaan, despite laws that generally discouraged such unions. The biblical inclusion of this detail underscores the importance of maternal lineage in the genealogical records and provides historical evidence that such marriages did occur in ancient Israel.