Verse 28
our brethren = our own brethren. Compare Numbers 13:28 .
heart. Some codices, with one early printed edition, read "hearts" (plural)
taller = greater. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint, read "more in number".
walled, &c. Figure of speech Hyperbole. App-6 .
Anakims. First occurrence; elsewhere, Deuteronomy 2:10 , Deuteronomy 2:11 , Deuteronomy 2:21 ; Deuteronomy 9:2 .Joshua 11:21 , Joshua 11:22 ; Joshua 14:12 , Joshua 14:15 . See App-25 . For "sons of Anak", see note on Numbers 13:22 .
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