THEOSISDeuteronomy 2:11Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
They were esteemed as giants, and were like the sons of the Enacims. But the Moabites call them Emims.
רְפָאִ֛ים יֵחָשְׁב֥וּ אַף־הֵ֖ם כָּעֲנָקִ֑ים וְהַמֹּ֣אָבִ֔ים יִקְרְא֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם אֵמִֽים׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Deut 9:2A people great and tall, the sons of the Enacims, whom thou hast seen, and heard of, against whom no man is able to stand.
- Num 13:28And they related and said: We came into the land to which thou sentest us, which in very deed floweth with milk and honey as may be known by these fruits:
- Deut 1:28Whither shall we go up? the messengers have terrified our hearts, saying: The multitude is very great, and taller than we: the cities are great, and walled up to the sky, we have seen the sons of the Enacims there.
- Num 13:33And they spoke ill of the land, which they had viewed, before the children of Israel, saying: The land which we have viewed, devoureth its inhabitants: the people, that we beheld are of a tall stature.
- Gen 14:5And in the fourteenth year came Chodorlahomor, and the kings that were with him: and they smote the Raphaim in Astarothcarnaim, and the Zuzim with them, and the Emim in Save of Cariathaim.
- Num 13:22And when they were gone up, they viewed the land from the desert of Sin, unto Rohob as you enter into Emath.