In the fourteenth year Ched-or-laomer 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 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) (The Emim formerly lived there, a people great and many, and tall as the Anakim; 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 Ched-or-laomer and the kings who were with him came and subdued the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
And Ishbi-benob, one of the descendants of the giants, whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of bronze, and who was girded with a new sword, thought to kill David.
They went up into the Negeb, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were there. (Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
Whither are we going up? Our brethren have made our hearts melt, saying, “The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.” ’
like the Anakim they are also known as Rephaim, but the Moabites call them Emim.