John Gill's Exposition on Deuteronomy 2:10

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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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, and tall as the Anakims; who were very numerous, of a very bulky size of body, and of high stature, like the giants the spies had seen at Hebron, the sons of Anak, a noted giant there, (<041322>Numbers 13:22,23).

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