OLD TESTAMENT

Genesis 14:5

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In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him came and struck the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim,

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Verse 5. Raphaim, Zuzim, and Emim, were all of the gigantic race, robbers, like the Arabs. D.—These dwelt in the land of Basan, or of giants. Deuteronomy 3:13.

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