Fred, your honesty is a valued feature in truth.
When God sent Abraham out from his kindred and his father's house we are told in scripture he headed into the land of Canaan refer: (Genesis 12:5)
Genesis 12:5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
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Canaan was the (lowland), relative to Ham and the progenitor of Phoemicians. And various nations who were located in the seacoat of Palestine. Canaan was the descendants called Canaanites, The Poeni or Phoenicia. (they spoke hebrew tongue)
In (Zeph 2:5) the southern area was relative to the Cherethites, who were Gentiles, and again showing the lineage to Ham. (remember these were to be servants to the lineage to the house of David because of the curse Noah issued to Ham's son Canaan )
In the journey Abraham passed through Sichem to a plain known as Moreh where the Canaanites were refer: (Genesis 12:6)
East was Bethel = Border of the tribe of Benjamin south of Judah.
West Hai was the city of Ammonites.
South was Egypt where the Egyptains were, and the land had it's name known by the son of Ham , Mizraim.
Keep in mind 2 tribes (Benjamin and Judah) were divided from the 10 tribe known as Israelites.
Take note to refer: Deu 2:20-23 That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims; A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead: As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day: And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, [even] unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.)