Numbers 13:22

Numbers 13:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
• New International Version (NIV)They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, lived. (Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
• English Standard Version (ESV)They went up into the Negeb and came to Hebron. Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were there. (Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
• New King James Version (NKJV)And they went up through the South and came to Hebron; Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

Context of Numbers 13:22

20See whether the land is able to make good food grow there, or not. See whether there are forests that grow there. Then try to get some fruit from the land and bring it back here.’ (It was the time of year for the first grapes to be ready to eat.) 21So the men went and they explored the land of Canaan. They started in the desert called Zin, and they continued to Rehob, near Lebo-Hamath. When they had gone up through the Negev desert in the south of the land, they arrived at Hebron. That was where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were living. They had built Hebron seven years before the Egyptians built Zoan. 23Then the men came to the valley called Eshcol. They cut a branch which had one group of grapes on it. It was so large that two men carried it between them on a pole. They also brought some other fruits called pomegranates and figs. 24They called that valley ‘Eshcol’ because of the large group of grapes that the Israelites cut down there.

Numbers 13:22 word by word

וַיַּעֲל֣וּ בַנֶּגֶב֮ וַיָּבֹ֣א עַד־חֶבְרוֹן֒ וְשָׁ֤ם אֲחִימַן֙ שֵׁשַׁ֣י וְתַלְמַ֔י יְלִידֵ֖י הָעֲנָ֑ק וְחֶבְר֗וֹן שֶׁ֤בַע שָׁנִים֙ נִבְנְתָ֔ה לִפְנֵ֖י צֹ֥עַן מִצְרָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they ascendedעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• by the southנֶ֫גֶבnegeb · NegebH5045
• and cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• unto Hebronחֶבְרוֹןchebrôn · HebronH2275
• where Ahimanאֲחִימַן'ăchîyman 'ăchîymân · AhimanH289
• Sheshaiשֵׁשַׁיshêshay · SheshaiH8344
• and Talmaiתַּלְמַיtalmay · TalmaiH8526
• the childrenיָלִידyâlîyd · bornH3211
• of Anakעֲנָק‛ânâq · AnakH6061
• was builtבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
• yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• Zoanצֹ֫עַןtsô‛an · ZoanH6814
• in Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714

Cross-references for Numbers 13:22

• Joshua 11:21During that time, Joshua went to fight against the Anakites, who lived in the hill country. They lived in Hebron, Debir and Anab, and among the hills of Judah and Israel. Joshua destroyed them all, and all their towns.
• Joshua 15:13The Lord had told Joshua to give Kiriath Arba to Caleb, Jephunneh's son. That was the part of Judah's land that Caleb received. Arba was the father of Anak. Kiriath Arba was now called Hebron.
• Judges 1:10They attacked the people who lived in Hebron. They won the fight against the clans of Sheshai, Ahiman and Talmai. Hebron was called Kiriath Arba at that time.
• Numbers 13:33We also saw descendants of the Nephilites there. And we felt like very small insects when we looked at them. And we seemed like very small insects to them too.’ (The descendants of Anak are also descendants of the Nephilites.)
• Genesis 13:18So Abram moved his tents. He went to live near the special oak trees of Mamre. That place is at Hebron. Abram built an altar to worship the Lord there.
• Genesis 23:2She died in the land of Canaan, at Kiriath Arba. That place is also called Hebron. Abraham was very sad. He went to her tent and he cried very much, because she was dead.
• Joshua 14:13Then Joshua blessed Caleb, Jephunneh's son. Joshua gave Hebron to him as his part of the land.
• Joshua 21:13Hebron was one of the safe cities. The descendants of Aaron, the priest, received Hebron, Libnah,
• 2 Samuel 2:1After some time, David asked the Lord, ‘Should I go up to one of Judah's towns?’ The Lord said to him, ‘Go up.’ David asked, ‘Where should I go?’ The Lord replied, ‘Go to Hebron.’
• Psalms 78:12He did miracles for their ancestors to see, in the region of Egypt that is called Zoan.
• Isaiah 19:11The royal officers in Zoan are fools! Pharaoh's wise leaders tell him to do stupid things! They should not boast to Pharaoh that they are wise. They should not say that they are descendants of wise kings from long ago.
• Isaiah 30:4Judah's officers have arrived in Zoan, and some of them have gone to Hanes.

Commentaries on Numbers 13:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt - The Zoan of the Scriptures is allowed to be the Tanis of the heathen historians, which was the capital of Lower Egypt. Some think it was to humble the pride of the Egyptians, who boasted the highest antiquity, that this note concerning the higher antiquity of Hebron was introduced by Moses. Some have supposed that it is more likely to have been originally a marginal note, which in process of time crept…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22The progenitor of the Anakim was Arba “the father of Anak” Joshua 15:13, from whom the city of Hebron took its name of Kirjath-Arba. Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai were probably not individual warriors, but names of three tribes of the Anakim. Hence, we find them still in existence half a century later, when Caleb, who now brought tidings of them, became their eventual destroyer Joshua 15:14. Now Hebron … - This parenthesis explains that these two cities had…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-25Verses 21-25 The searchers of the land brought a bunch of grapes with them, and other fruits, as proofs of the goodness of the country; which was to Israel both the earnest and the specimen of all the fruits of Canaan. Such are the present comforts we have in communion with God, foretastes of the fulness of joy we expect in the heavenly Canaan. We may see by them what heaven is.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22Israel's spies traveled into Canaan's hill country through the Negev, the dry southern region near the wilderness of Zin. In the southern part of Canaan's central hill country, they reached Hebron. This was where Israel's ancestors had lived (Genesis 13:18; 23:19; 35:27; 37:14). The descendants of Anak were famous for their size and strength (for example, Deuteronomy 9:2). Zoan (later called Tanis by the Greeks) was a famous city in Egypt's eastern delta…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 21-2421-24. So they ... searched the land--They advanced from south to north, reconnoitering the whole land. the wilderness of Zin--a long level plain, or deep valley of sand, the monotony of which is relieved by a few tamarisk and rethem trees. Under the names of El Ghor and El Araba, it forms the continuation of the Jordan valley, extending from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Akaba. Rehob--or, Beth-rehob, was a city and district situated, according to some…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 13:22

• Ahiman
• Canaan
• Hebron
• Sheshai
• Talmai
• Zoan

In the dictionaries

• Anak
• Egypt
• Hebron
• Anak, Anakites
• Egypt, Egyptian
• Hebron, Kiriath Arba
• Ahiman
• Caleb
• City
• Exodus

Commentaries on Numbers 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings