Deuteronomy 2:21-23

Evangelical Heritage Version

²¹They are a strong and numerous people and as tall as the Anakites. But the Lord destroyed the Rephaim from among the Ammonites. The Ammonites took possession of their land and lived there in their place. ²²The Lord had done the same things for the people of Esau, who live in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites before them, and they took possession of their land and settled there in their place and remain there to this day. ²³Now the Caphtorites, who came out of Caphtor,^[a] destroyed the Avvites who were living in villages as far as Gaza and settled in their place.)

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Footnotes

Deuteronomy 2:23 Caphtor is a location in the Mediterranean Sea, perhaps Crete.

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.)