Like the Anakims, the Emims and Horims were giants - fearful and terrible. Yet here Moses says that the Horims were beaten back by the descendants of Esau. In other words, because the Edomites wiped out the very giants of whom God’s people were afraid (Numbers 13:31–33), the Edomites possessed the land that should have been the Israelites’.

Sometimes we as believers can be real wimpy. “I’m going through this trial, this persecution, this difficulty,” we whine, failing to realize that the unbeliever has just as many trials, just as many problems, and just as many difficulties (Matthew 5:45). If you think being a Christian is hard, try being an unbeliever. They have the same problems you and I have, but they don’t have the opportunity to approach the throne of grace boldly, to pour out their hearts to the Father, to open the Word for inspiration and instruction. The world has the same kinds of problems we do, but without access to the Problem-Solver.