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Anak

Son of Arba, father of Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, in the Exodus and wilderness years. Named in scripture at Numbers 13:22.

Lived: Egypt and Wilderness

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Numbers 13:22
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Where in scripture

NumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudges

They went up by the South, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

Numbers 13:22

However the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. Moreover, we saw the children of Anak there.

Numbers 13:28

There we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who come from the Nephilim. We were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.”

Numbers 13:33

Where are we going up? Our brothers have made our heart melt, saying, β€˜The people are greater and taller than we. The cities are great and fortified up to the sky. Moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there!’”

Deuteronomy 1:28

(The Emim lived therein before, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim.

Deuteronomy 2:10

These also are considered to be Rephaim, as the Anakim; but the Moabites call them Emim.

Deuteronomy 2:11

a great people, many, and tall, as the Anakim; but Yahweh destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and lived in their place;

Deuteronomy 2:21

a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you have heard say, β€œWho can stand before the sons of Anak?”

Deuteronomy 9:2

Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation.

Numbers 13:22Numbers 13:28Numbers 13:33Deuteronomy 1:28Deuteronomy 2:10Deuteronomy 2:11Deuteronomy 2:21Deuteronomy 9:2Joshua 11:21Joshua 11:22Joshua 14:12Joshua 14:15Joshua 15:13Joshua 15:14Joshua 21:11Judges 1:20

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