²² They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak,^(A) were living. Hebron was built seven years before Zoan^(B) in Egypt.

²⁸ However, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified.^(A) We also saw the descendants of Anak^(B) there.

³³ We even saw the Nephilim^[a](A) there—the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim!^(B) To ourselves we seemed like grasshoppers, and we must have seemed the same to them.”