In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him came and subdued the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
Deuteronomy 2:10 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 (The Emim—a large and numerous people, as tall as the Anakim—had formerly inhabited it. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition (The Emim dwelt there in times past, a people great and many, and tall as the Anakim. American Standard Version (1901) (The Emim dwelt therein aforetime, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim: Common English Bible Now the Emim had lived there before. They were big and numerous and tall—just like the Anakim. Catholic Public Domain Version The Emim were the first of its inhabitants, a people great and strong, and of such great height, like the race of the Anakim. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The Emims first were the inhabitants thereof: a people great, and strong, and so tall, that like the race of the Enacims |
In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him came and subdued the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
Ishbi-benob, one of the descendants of the giants, whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of bronze and who was fitted out with new weapons, said he would kill David.
They went up into the Negeb and came to Hebron, and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the Anakites, were there. (Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
Where are we headed? Our kindred have made our hearts melt by reporting, “The people are stronger and taller than we; the cities are large and fortified up to heaven! We actually saw there the offspring of the Anakim!” ’
Like the Anakim, they are usually reckoned as Rephaim, though the Moabites call them Emim.