Why should we go there? We are afraid. The men we sent tell us that the people there are stronger and taller than we are, and that they live in cities with walls that reach the sky. They saw giants there!'

(A mighty race of giants called the Emim used to live in Ar. They were as tall as the Anakim, another race of giants.

Like the Anakim they were also known as Rephaim; but the Moabites called them Emim.

They were as tall as the Anakim. There were many of them, and they were a mighty race. But the LORD destroyed them, so that the Ammonites took over their land and settled there.

All these towns were fortified with high walls, gates, and bars to lock the gates, and there were also many villages without walls.

"Listen, people of Israel! Today you are about to cross the Jordan River and occupy the land belonging to nations greater and more powerful than you. Their cities are large, with walls that reach the sky.

The people themselves are tall and strong; they are giants, and you have heard it said that no one can stand against them.

They went first into the southern part of the land and came to Hebron, where the clans of Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of a race of giants called the Anakim, lived. (Hebron was founded seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

They came to Eshcol Valley, and there they cut off a branch which had one bunch of grapes on it so heavy that it took two men to carry it on a pole between them. They also brought back some pomegranates and figs.

and we even saw giants there, the descendants of Anak. We felt as small as grasshoppers, and that is how we must have looked to them."

None of the Anakim were left in the land of Israel; a few, however, were left in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod.

Caleb drove the descendants of Anak out of the city---the clans of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

As Moses had commanded, Hebron was given to Caleb, who drove out of the city the three clans descended from Anak.