Canaan's descendants continue: the Hivites, Arkites, and Sinites. The Hivites are among the seven nations of Canaan listed in Deuteronomy 7:1 and will appear at significant moments in the later narrative — including the Gibeonite deception of Joshua (Joshua 9:7) and in the genealogy of the land's inhabitants before Israel's arrival. The Arkites and Sinites are less prominent in later Scripture but are part of the comprehensive character of the table — every people group in the ancient Near East that intersected with Israel's story has its origin traced here. The comprehensiveness is not exhaustive (the table lists representatives, not every nation) but it is deliberately wide. Psalm 87:4–6 lists Rahab (Egypt), Babylon, Philistia, Tyre, and Cush as peoples who will be enrolled as citizens of Zion — the Table of Nations' peoples are enrolled in God's redemptive register. The table is not just an ancient ethnography; it is the guest list for the final gathering.

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