Deuteronomy 2:10

“The Emims dwelt there in time past, etc.] We read of them as early as the times of Chedorlaomer, (<011405>Genesis 14:5) when their dwelling was in Kirjathaim, a city which Sihon king of the Amorites took from the Moabites, and which being taken from him, was with others given to the tribe of Reuben, (<043237>Numbers 32:37). These are by some thought to be the same with the Yemim which Anah found and met with in the wilderness, and defeated, which we render “mules”, (<013624>Genesis 36:24). They had their name from the fear and terror they put men into because of their gigantic stature and great strength, as follows: it is probable they were the descendants of Ham: a people great and many,…”

“For the Emims, Horims, and Anakims, see the marginal references. These verses are either parenthetical or the insertion of a later hand. return to 'Top of Page'”

“The Emims - Men terrible for stature and strength, as their very name imparts, whose expulsion by the Moabites is here noted as a great encouragement to the Israelites, for whose sake he would much more drive out the wicked and accursed Canaanites. Deuteronomy 2:12”

“2:10 The Emites were also located at Shaveh-kiriathaim (Gen 14:5), perhaps ten miles east of the Dead Sea’s north end.”

“All the nations here mentioned appear to have been the posterity of Ham, who lay under the prophetical curse of Noah, which was thus executed upon this part of them by the Moabites and Edomites. Deu 2:11; Gen 14:5 Deuteronomy 2:11”