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Deuteronomy 2:20

18 Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:

19 And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.

(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;

21 A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead:

22 As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto 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

    And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,

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