公元前1402 年 摩西曾派人到迦南地探路,了解當地的情況。探子們回報說: 「那地的民強壯,城邑也堅固寬大,並且我們在那裡看見了亞衲族的人」 ( the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large. We even saw descendants of Anak there.)。
「我們所窺探,經過之地是吞吃居民之地,我們在那裡所看見的人民都身量高大」( The land we explored devours those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size. )。
「我們在那裡看見亞衲族人,就是巨人。他們是巨人的後裔。據我們看,自己就如蚱蜢一樣。據他們看,我們也是如此」 (And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight. )。