Deuteronomy 2:21-23

EasyEnglish Bible

²¹There were many Zamzummites and they were as tall and strong as the Anakites. The Lord destroyed the Rephaites when the Ammonites moved in. Then the Ammonites lived there instead of the Rephaites. ²²The Lord had done the same thing for Esau's descendants who lived in Seir. The Lord destroyed the Horites when Esau's descendants moved in and chased them out. Esau's descendants still live in their country today. ²³The same thing happened to the Avvites.^[a] They had lived in villages as far west as Gaza. But Philistines came from Crete island and they killed the Avvites. The Philistines lived there instead.)

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2:23 The Avvites were a group of people who lived near Canaan.

Deuteronomy 2:21-23

New International Version

²¹They were a people strong and numerous, and as tall as the Anakites.^(A) The Lord destroyed them from before the Ammonites, who drove them out and settled in their place. ²²The Lord had done the same for the descendants of Esau, who lived in Seir,^(B) when he destroyed the Horites from before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this day. ²³And as for the Avvites^(C) who lived in villages as far as Gaza,^(D) the Caphtorites^(E) coming out from Caphtor^[a]^(F) destroyed them and settled in their place.)