HETH.—A ‘son’ of Canaan, Gen_10:15 (J [Note: Jahwist.] ) = 1Ch_1:13. The wives of Esau are called in Gen_27:46 (R [Note: Redactor.] ) ‘daughters of Heth’; and in Gen_23:3 ff; Gen_25:10; Gen_49:32 (all P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] ) ‘children of Heth,’ i.e. Hittites, are located at Mamre. See, further, Hittites.