Deuteronomy 2:10

New International Reader's Version

The Emites used to live there. They were strong people. There were large numbers of them. They were as tall as the Anakites.

Cross References

Genesis 14:5

So in the 14th year, Kedorlaomer and the kings who helped him went to war. They won the battle against the Rephaites in Ashteroth Karnaim. They also won the battle against the Zuzites in Ham and the Emites in Shaveh Kiriathaim.

2 Samuel 21:16

Ishbi-Benob belonged to the family line of Rapha. The tip of his bronze spear weighed seven and a half pounds. He was also armed with a new sword. He said he would kill David.

Numbers 13:22

They went up through the Negev Desert and came to Hebron. That’s where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai lived. They belonged to the family line of Anak. Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan. Zoan was a city in Egypt.

Deuteronomy 1:28

Where can we go? The men who checked out the land have made us afraid. They say, ‘The people are stronger and taller than we are. The cities are large. They have walls that reach up to the sky. We even saw the Anakites there.’ ”

Deuteronomy 2:11

Like the Anakites, they too were thought of as Rephaites. But the Moabites called them Emites.