In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer came with the kings who were with him, and they defeated the Rephaim in Ashterot-karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiryataim,
Deuteronomy 2:11 - Tree of Life Version These people also are considered Rephaim, like the Anakim; but the Moabites call them Emim. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition These also are known as Rephaim [of giant stature], as are the Anakim, but the Moabites call them Emim. American Standard Version (1901) these also are accounted Rephaim, as the Anakim; but the Moabites call them Emim. Common English Bible Most people thought the Emim were Rephaim, like the Anakim were. But the Moabites called them “Emim.” Catholic Public Domain Version They were considered to be like giants, and they were like the sons of the Anakim. And, indeed, the Moabites call them: the Emim. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They were esteemed as giants, and were like the sons of the Enacims. But the Moabites call them Emims. |
In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer came with the kings who were with him, and they defeated the Rephaim in Ashterot-karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiryataim,
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, whenever the sons of God came to the daughters of men, and gave birth to them. Those were the mighty men of old, men of renown.
So Ishbi-benob—who was a descendant of the Raphah, whose spear weighed 300 shekels of bronze, who was girded with new armor—thought to kill David.
They continued on up through the Negev and came to Hebron. There lived Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, descendants of Anak. (Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
Except, the people living in the land are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large. We even saw the sons of Anak there!
We also saw there the Nephilim . (The sons of Anak are from the Nephilim .) We seemed like grasshoppers in our eyes as well as theirs!”
Where are we going? Our brothers have discouraged our hearts saying, “The people are greater and taller than we are! The cities are great and fortified up to the heavens! Besides, we have even seen the children of Anakim there!”’
(That also is considered a land of Rephaim. Rephaim used to live there, but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim—
(For only King Og of the Bashan survived from the remnant of the Rephaim. In fact, his bed was made of iron—is it not in Rabbah of the Ammonites? Nine cubits was its length and four cubits its width, according to the cubit of a man.)
The people are great and tall, sons of the Anakim. You know them, and you yourselves have heard, “Who can stand before the sons of Anak?”