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21 a great people, numerous, and tall as the Anakim.[a] But the Lord destroyed the Rephaim,[b] so that the Ammonites dispossessed them and settled there instead. 22 This is what he did for the descendants of Esau who live in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites before them. So they dispossessed them and settled there in their place, where they live[c] to this day. 23 It was the same for the Avvites who lived in villages as far as Gaza. The Caphtorites, who came from Crete,[d] destroyed them and settled there in their place.)

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  1. Deuteronomy 2:21 I.e. a race of giants that formerly populated Canaan; cf. Num 13:22, 33; Deut 9:2
  2. Deuteronomy 2:21 I.e. a race of giants that formerly populated Canaan
  3. Deuteronomy 2:22 The Heb. lacks where they live
  4. Deuteronomy 2:23 Lit. Caphtor