28 (A)However, the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. And besides, we saw the descendants of Anak there.

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28 But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large.(A) We even saw descendants of Anak(B) there.(C)

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Not Because of Righteousness

“Hear, O Israel: you are (A)to cross over the Jordan today, to go in to dispossess nations (B)greater and mightier than you, cities great and fortified up to heaven, a people great and tall, (C)the sons of the Anakim, (D)whom you know, and of whom you have heard it said, ‘Who can stand before the sons of Anak?’

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Not Because of Israel’s Righteousness

Hear, Israel: You are now about to cross the Jordan(A) to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you,(B) with large cities(C) that have walls up to the sky.(D) The people are strong and tall—Anakites! You know about them and have heard it said: “Who can stand up against the Anakites?”(E)

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28 Where are we going up? (A)Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying, (B)“The people are greater and taller than we. The cities are great and fortified up to heaven. And besides, we have seen (C)the sons of the Anakim there.”’

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28 Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt in fear. They say, ‘The people are stronger and taller(A) than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the sky. We even saw the Anakites(B) there.’”

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33 And there we saw the (A)Nephilim (the sons of Anak, who come from the (B)Nephilim), and we seemed to ourselves (C)like grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them.”

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33 We saw the Nephilim(A) there (the descendants of Anak(B) come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers(C) in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.”

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14 And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak, (A)Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai, the descendants of Anak.

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14 From Hebron Caleb drove out the three Anakites(A)—Sheshai, Ahiman and Talmai,(B) the sons of Anak.(C)

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22 There was none of the Anakim left in the land of the people of Israel. Only in Gaza, (A)in Gath, and in Ashdod did some remain.

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22 No Anakites were left in Israelite territory; only in Gaza,(A) Gath(B) and Ashdod(C) did any survive.

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All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides very many unwalled villages.

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All these cities were fortified with high walls and with gates and bars, and there were also a great many unwalled villages.

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21 (A)a people great and many, and tall as the Anakim; but the Lord destroyed them before the Ammonites,[a] and they dispossessed them and settled in their place,

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  1. Deuteronomy 2:21 Hebrew them

21 They were a people strong and numerous, and as tall as the Anakites.(A) The Lord destroyed them from before the Ammonites, who drove them out and settled in their place.

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10 ((A)The Emim formerly lived there, (B)a people great and many, and tall (C)as the Anakim. 11 Like the Anakim they are also counted as (D)Rephaim, but the Moabites call them Emim.

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10 (The Emites(A) used to live there—a people strong and numerous, and as tall as the Anakites.(B) 11 Like the Anakites, they too were considered Rephaites,(C) but the Moabites called them Emites.

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20 (A)And Hebron was given to Caleb, as Moses had said. And he drove out from it (B)the three sons of Anak.

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20 As Moses had promised, Hebron(A) was given to Caleb, who drove from it the three sons of Anak.(B)

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22 They went up into (A)the Negeb and came to (B)Hebron. (C)Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the (D)descendants of Anak, were there. ((E)Hebron was built seven years before (F)Zoan in Egypt.) 23 And (G)they came to the Valley of Eshcol and cut down from there a branch with a single cluster of grapes, and they carried it on a pole between two of them; they also brought some pomegranates and figs.

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22 They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron,(A) where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai,(B) the descendants of Anak,(C) lived. (Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)(D) 23 When they reached the Valley of Eshkol,[a](E) they cut off a branch bearing a single cluster of grapes. Two of them carried it on a pole between them, along with some pomegranates(F) and figs.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 13:23 Eshkol means cluster; also in verse 24.