In St. Matthew's genealogical account of Jesus' ancestry, only four women are mentioned. Interestingly enough three out of the four are clearly non-Israelites: - Rahab was a Canaanite by birth. - Ruth was a Moabite by birth. - Bath-sheba was a Hittite by marriage. That being said, the status of the first woman mentioned (Tamar) seems unclear. We read in Genesis that > "Judah saw ... [a] Canaanite whose name was Shua, and he took her, and > went in unto her. And she conceived, and bore a son, and he called his > name Er." It is my understanding that from a Jewish perspective (based on an interpretation of Deuteronomy ch. 7, v. 3 -4), this would make Er and all the other sons of Judah by Shua, Canaanites, and not Israelites. Later, we read that Er would marry a woman named Tamar of whom we know nothing about: > "And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar." From what I have gathered, this would make Tamar a Canaanite by marriage. Please correct me here if I have made a mistake.

Were the Philistines Canaanites? The https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Philistine Says that they were: "of or relating to the people of ancient Philistia", not Canaan. >Now the ***Philistines*** gathered together their armies to battle...and Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together...And the ***Philistines*** stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side...And there went out a champion out of the camp of the ***Philistines*** named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span! (1 Samuel 17:1-4) Were the Philistines just another tribe of Canaanites with a history of living in the land of Israel?