And in the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him came and defeated the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
Genesis 14:5 (NASB)
The battle between kings in Genesis 14 brings us to a scene involving the Raphaim.
Do you know this word? We encounter it again a few times in scripture later.
giants, Rephaim
old tribe of giants
H7497: רְפָאִים (rᵊp̄ā’îm)
It is giants.
In fact, this whole chapter feels a bit like an echo of Genesis 6-9…