All the nations here mentioned appear to have been the posterity of Ham, who lay under the prophetical curse of Noah, which was thus executed upon this part of them by the Moabites and Edomites. "Whichª also¹ were accountedª° giants,ª as the Anakims;ª but the Moabitesª callª° them Emims.ª" {Deu 2:11} + "And in the fourteenthªª yearª cameª° Chedorlaomer,ª and the kingsª that¹ [were] with¹ him, and smoteª°¹ the Rephaimsª in Ashteroth Karnaim,ª and the Zuzimsª in Ham,ª and the Emimsª in Shaveh Kiriathaim,ª" {Gen 14:5}