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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Numbers 13:33 - 13:33
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there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak - The name is derived from the son of Arba, a great man among the Arabians (Jos 15:14), who probably obtained his appellation from wearing a splendid collar or chain round his neck, as the word imports. The epithet “giant” evidently refers here to stature. (See on Gen 6:4). And it is probable the Anakims were a distinguished family, or perhaps a select body of warriors, chosen for their extraordinary size.
we were in our own sight as grasshoppers - a strong Orientalism, by which the treacherous spies gave an exaggerated report of the physical strength of the people of Canaan.