Numbers 13:33

We even saw the Nephilim ¹  there (the descendants of Anak came from the Nephilim), and we seemed liked grasshoppers both to ourselves ²  and to them.” ³ 

Nu 13:22; De 1:28; De 2:10; De 3:11; De 9:2; 1Sa 17:4-7; 1Sa 17:42; 2Sa 21:20-22; 1Ch 11:23; Isa 40:22

¹ tc The Greek version uses gigantes (“giants”) to translate “the Nephilim,” but it does not retain the clause “the sons of Anak are from the Nephilim.”

sn The Nephilim are the legendary giants of antiquity. They are first discussed in Gen 6:4. This forms part of the pessimism of the spies’ report.

² tn Heb “in our eyes.”

³ tn Heb “in their eyes.”