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Deuteronomy 2:20

18 “Today you are going to cross the border of Moab at Ar.

19 But when you get close to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the Ammonites. I have given it to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”

(That too was regarded as the land of the Rephaim, who used to live there, though the Ammonites called them Zamzummites.

21 They were a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites. But the LORD destroyed them from before the Ammonites, who drove them out and settled in their place,

22 just as He had done for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this day.

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BSB
(That too was regarded as the land of the Rephaim, who used to live there, though the Ammonites called them Zamzummites.
KJV
(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;
WEB
(That also is considered a land of Rephaim. Rephaim lived there in the past, but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim,
ASV
(That also is accounted a land of Rephaim: Rephaim dwelt therein aforetime; but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim,
DARBY
(That also is reckoned a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in time past, and the Ammonites call them Zamzummim;
BLB
(It was also regarded as the land of the Rephaim, even it; the Rephaim dwelt there formerly, and the Ammonites call them Zamzumim—
ÅB
Også dette land regnes for et land med kjemper; før i tiden bodde kjemper der, og ammonittene kaller dem samsummitter.
OTB
(Også det ble regnet som et land av refaitter, som bodde der tidligere; men ammonittene kaller dem zamzummitter,
B1930
Også dette land regnes for et land med kjemper; før i tiden bodde kjemper der, og ammonittene kaller dem samsummitter.

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  • Genesis 14:5

    In the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh-kiriathaim,

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