Satan's plan was to occupy Canaan with "his own seed" in advance of Abraham's seed.
As soon as it was made known that the Seed of the woman was to come through ABRAHAM, there must have
been another irruption, as recorded in Genesis 6:4 (see above), "and also after that" (that is to say, after
the days of Noah, more than 500 years after the first irruption). The aim of the enemy was to occupy Canaan
in advance of Abraham, and so to contest its occupation by his seed. For, when Abraham entered Canaan,
we read (Genesis 12:6) "the Canaanite was then (that is to say, already) in the land."
Also in Genesis we see two more attempts by Satan to interfere with Abraham's
seed before the birth of Isaac, as told in both Genesis 12:10-20 and in Genesis 20:1-18.
In the late 1950’s, during road construction in the Euphrates Valley of south-east Turkey, many tombs
containing the remains of giants were uncovered. At the sites the leg bones were measured to be 120 cms
(47.24 inches). Joe Taylor, Director of Mt. Blanco Fossil Museum, was commissioned to sculpt the human
femur. This Antediluvian giant stood some 14-16 ft tall (see below).
Genesis 6:4 claims: "There were giants in the earth in those days;" Deuteronomy 3:11 states that the bed of
Og, king of Bashan, was 9 cubits by 4 cubits (approximately 14 ft long by 6 ft wide).
Possible explanation. The earth had more oxygen.
Long ago, even insects may have been larger due to higher oxygen concentrations in the atmosphere
(believed to have been about 35 percent instead of 21 percent today). This increased oxygen level could
be part of the explanation for giants, long-lived people, and even why fossils of giant dragonflies with 2-
foot wingspans have been found.
As soon as it was made known that the Seed of the woman was to come through ABRAHAM, there must have
been another irruption, as recorded in Genesis 6:4 (see above), "and also after that" (that is to say, after
the days of Noah, more than 500 years after the first irruption). The aim of the enemy was to occupy Canaan
in advance of Abraham, and so to contest its occupation by his seed. For, when Abraham entered Canaan,
we read (Genesis 12:6) "the Canaanite was then (that is to say, already) in the land."
Also in Genesis we see two more attempts by Satan to interfere with Abraham's
seed before the birth of Isaac, as told in both Genesis 12:10-20 and in Genesis 20:1-18.
In the late 1950’s, during road construction in the Euphrates Valley of south-east Turkey, many tombs
containing the remains of giants were uncovered. At the sites the leg bones were measured to be 120 cms
(47.24 inches). Joe Taylor, Director of Mt. Blanco Fossil Museum, was commissioned to sculpt the human
femur. This Antediluvian giant stood some 14-16 ft tall (see below).
Genesis 6:4 claims: "There were giants in the earth in those days;" Deuteronomy 3:11 states that the bed of
Og, king of Bashan, was 9 cubits by 4 cubits (approximately 14 ft long by 6 ft wide).
Possible explanation. The earth had more oxygen.
Long ago, even insects may have been larger due to higher oxygen concentrations in the atmosphere
(believed to have been about 35 percent instead of 21 percent today). This increased oxygen level could
be part of the explanation for giants, long-lived people, and even why fossils of giant dragonflies with 2-
foot wingspans have been found.
Were the Nephilim sons of God?
Fallen Angels? Giants of Genesis 6:4?
A common belief which we share is that the "sons of
God" who did marry the "daughters of men" were fallen angels.
Why did God send the judgment of the Flood in the days of Noah? The strange events recorded in Genesis
6 were understood by the ancient rabbinical sources, as well as the Septuagint translators, as referring to
fallen angels procreating weird hybrid offspring with human women-known as the Nephilim. This was far
more than simply a historical issue, the unique events leading to the Flood are a prerequisite to
understanding the prophetic implications of our Lord's predictions regarding His Second Coming. This is
believed to have happened both before the Flood and after the flood. In Israel at the time of David, and
before this when the Hebrews were scouting the land - there were tribes of these Nephilim - Goliath the
giant of Gath is one example. Early Church fathers also understood this to be the case. It appears that
these fallen angels were active all over the world. These bizarre giants living on the earth are also echoed
in the legends and myths of nearly every ancient culture. The ancient Greeks, the Egyptians, the Hindus,
the South Sea Islanders, the American Indians, and most all the others have these legends.
The Hebrew word Nephelim (plural of nephel) (Nephilim) literally means "rejects". The Hebrew plural for
Nephites would be "Nephi'im".
Satan probably put this plan to interrupt Abraham's "seed into motion, as soon as it was made known that
the Seed of the Woman (Christ) was to come through ABRAHAM.
Bible Probe Note: Our use of the Word "irruption" in this article below means: act of rushing; act of
breaking in; intrusion, raid; sudden increase.
Genesis 6:4 (Original KJV):
There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that,
when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and
they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which
were of old, men of renown.
Bible Probe Note: Note the words; "and also after that". This
probably tells of two "irruptions" by Satan's seed. One before Noah's
time and another after the flood. They were called “The Watchers” in The Book of Enoch.
Their descendents, called Nephilim (translated "giants"), were monsters of iniquity; and being superhuman
in size and in their wicked character, had to be destroyed. Was this the one and only object of the Flood?
Genesis 6:12 (Original KJV):
And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt;
for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
Only Noah and his family had preserved their pedigree pure from Adam (Genesis 6:9). All the rest had
become "corrupt" (shachath). The only remedy was to destroy it defacto (Latin for "in fact"), as it had
become defacto destroyed.
This irruption of fallen angels before Noah's day was probably Satan's first attempt to prevent the coming of
the "Seed of the woman" foretold in Genesis 3:15. If this could be accomplished, God's Word would have
failed, and Satan's own doom would be averted.
Genesis 3:15 (Original KJV):
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between
thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt
bruise his heel. also see Isaiah 7:14
WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE DAYS OF NOAH?
Will the gates of hell (port holes/stargates) open on December 21, 2012?
This is the date the Mayan calendar ends. Is this when the biblical delusions from the skies begin?
Did demons land on Mt Hermon in Phoenesia (now Israel) and polute the human race - provoking God's
anger? Are UFO's these demons (some call Watchers) building up their forces for a final battle with the
Lord? Are these "bad angelic beings" using created matter to embody themselves?
Below from book:
Reference: Nephilim Stargates - the year 2012 and the return of the Watchers, by Thomas R. Horn
What will it be like when the Lord returns - and destroys satan and his armies? Nephilim (demon angels in
physical bodies) will be here... Just like:
"As it was in the days of Noah..." (Luke 17:26)
The idea that the spirits of dead giants (off spring of demons mating with earth women) inhabit the
underworld (place beyond the veil) is supported here:
- They're segregated from the heroes, the old-time giants who entered the grave in full battle dress, their
swords placed under their heads and their shields covering their bones, those heroes who spread terror
through the land of the living. The Message Version, Ezekiel 32:27
- "And he did not know that giants are there, and that her guests are in the depths of hell" (Douay-Rheims
Version, Proverbs 9:18)
- "A man that shall wander out of the way of doctrine, shall abide in the company of the giants" (Douay-
Rheims Version, Proverbs 21:16)
- "Hell below was in an uproar to meet thee at thy coming, it stirred up the giants for thee" (Douay-Rheims
Version, Isaiah 14:9)
- "Let not the dead live, let not the giants rise again..." (Douay-Rheims Version, Isaiah 26:14)
The book of Jasher, which is mentioned in the Bible in Joshua 10:13 and 2 Samuel 1.18 says, "After the
fallen angels went into the daughters of men, [then] the sons of men taught the mixture of animals of one
species with the other, in order to provoke the Lord" (4:18). The Book of Enoch says that fallen angels not
only merged their DNA with women, but that "they began to sin against birds, and beasts, and reptiles, and
fish" (7:5; 6)
Satan's plan was to occupy Canaan with "his own seed" in advance of Abraham's seed.
As soon as it was made known that the Seed of the woman was to come through ABRAHAM, there must have
been another irruption, as recorded in Genesis 6:4 (see above), "and also after that" (that is to say, after
the days of Noah, more than 500 years after the first irruption). The aim of the enemy was to occupy Canaan
in advance of Abraham, and so to contest its occupation by his seed. For, when Abraham entered Canaan,
we read (Genesis 12:6) "the Canaanite was then (that is to say, already) in the land."
Also in Genesis we see two more attempts by Satan to interfere with Abraham's
seed before the birth of Isaac, as told in both Genesis 12:10-20 and in Genesis 20:1-18.
In the late 1950’s, during road construction in the Euphrates Valley of south-east Turkey, many tombs
containing the remains of giants were uncovered. At the sites the leg bones were measured to be 120 cms
(47.24 inches). Joe Taylor, Director of Mt. Blanco Fossil Museum, was commissioned to sculpt the human
femur. This Antediluvian giant stood some 14-16 ft tall (see below).
Genesis 6:4 claims: "There were giants in the earth in those days;" Deuteronomy 3:11 states that the bed of
Og, king of Bashan, was 9 cubits by 4 cubits (approximately 14 ft long by 6 ft wide).
Possible explanation. The earth had more oxygen.
Long ago, even insects may have been larger due to higher oxygen concentrations in the atmosphere
(believed to have been about 35 percent instead of 21 percent today). This increased oxygen level could
be part of the explanation for giants, long-lived people, and even why fossils of giant dragonflies with 2-
foot wingspans have been found.
Antediluvian Giants' bone below
Other human Fossil finds
A 19'6" human skeleton found in 1577 A.D. under an overturned oak tree in the Canton of Lucerne.
23-foot tall skeleton found in 1456 A.D. beside a river in Valence, France.
A 25' 6 " skeleton found in 1613 A.D. near the castle of Chaumont in France. This was claimed to be a nearly
complete find.
A 9' 8" skeleton was excavated from a mound near Brewersville, Indiana (Indianapolis News, Nov 10, 1975).
In 1833 soldiers digging at a pit for a powder magazine in Lompock Rancho, California, discovered a male
skeleton 12 feet tall. The skeleton was surrounded by carved shells, stone axes, and blocks of porphyry
covered with unintelligible symbols. The skeleton had double rows of upper and lower teeth. These bones
substantiated legends by the local Piute Indians regarding giants which they called Si-Te-Cahs.
In Clearwater Minnesota, the skeletons of seven giants were found in mounds. These had receding
foreheads and complete double dentition.
A mound near Toledo, Ohio, held 20 skeletons, seated and facing east with jaws and teeth "twice as large as
those of present day people," and besides each was a large bowl with "curiously wrought hieroglyphic
figures." (Chicago Record, Oct. 24, 1895; cited by Ron G. Dobbins, NEARA Journal, v13, fall 1978).
Almost beyond comprehension or believability was the find of the two separate 36-foot human remains
uncovered by Carthaginians somewhere between 200-600 B.C.
Caius Julius Verus Maximinus, also known as Maximinus Thrax (235-238 A.D.) was a Roman soldier-emperor
who spent his reign on campaign. Maximinus was born in Thrace to a Gothic father an Alanic mother in
about 173 A.D.. He was reportedly 8' feet, six inches (2.59m) tall, and of tremendous strength.
those of present day people," and besides each was a large bowl with "curiously wrought hieroglyphic
figures." (Chicago Record, Oct. 24, 1895; cited by Ron G. Dobbins, NEARA Journal, v13, fall 1978).
Almost beyond comprehension or believability was the find of the two separate 36-foot human remains
uncovered by Carthaginians somewhere between 200-600 B.C.
Caius Julius Verus Maximinus, also known as Maximinus Thrax (235-238 A.D.) was a Roman soldier-emperor
who spent his reign on campaign. Maximinus was born in Thrace to a Gothic father an Alanic mother in
about 173 A.D.. He was reportedly 8' feet, six inches (2.59m) tall, and of tremendous strength.
"A miner fell through a hole in a mine in Italy and found this 11' 6" skeleton." believed to been found in 1856.
In an ancient text of the Jews, we read an astonishing description of some of these gigantic Amorites whom
the Israelites conquered. In Buber's Tanhuma, Devarim 7, the text tells us of a Rabbi Johnanan ben Zakkai's
encounter with the Roman Emperor Hadrian. This event occurred in about A.D. 135, soon after the Roman
victory in the Bar Kochba war, when the Jews rebelled against the Romans. The text reads:
"The wicked emperor Hadrian, who conquered Jerusalem, boasted, 'I have conquered Jerusalem with great
power.' Rabbi Johanan ben Zakkai said to him, 'Do not boast. Had it not been the will of Heaven, you would
not have conquered it.' Rabbi Johanan then took Hadrian into a cave and showed him the bodies of
Amorites who were buried there. One of them measured eighteen cubits [approximately 30 feet] in height.
He said, 'When we were deserving, such men were defeated by us, but now, because of our sins, you have
defeated us'" (quoted in Judaism, edited by Arthur Hertzberg, p.155-156, George Braziller, New York: 1962).
"Sons of God were fallen angels and not aliens"
Some have claimed that the Nephilim, or the "sons of God," both mentioned in Genesis 6:2-4, were aliens.
This is a wild extension of a common view that the "sons of God" who married the "daughters of men" were
fallen angels, and that the Nephilim were products of those "marriages."
"Sons of God" is clearly used of angels in Job 38:7 Orig KJV: "When the morning stars sang together, and
all the sons of God shouted for joy?". The Septuagint (LXX) here translates "sons of God" as "angels of
God." This need not mean that evil angels, or demons, actually cohabited with women. Jesus made it clear
that angels do not engage in sexual activities, at least not angels in heaven. Matthew 22:30 Orig KJV: "For
in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven."
Nevertheless, evil angels on earth could have used the bodies of ungodly men, by demonic possession, to
achieve their evil purpose of producing an evil generation of people (Genesis 6:12).[2]
There are other reasonable suggestions as to the identity of the "sons of God" and the Nephilim.
Interestingly, the word Nephilim is only used here and in Numbers 13:33, where it clearly refers to the
descendants of Anak, who were big people, but still people. Furthermore, "sons of God" is not used
exclusively of angels -- the children of Israel are called "the sons of the living God" in Hosea 1:10 (see also
Psalm 73:15; 80:17).
Numbers 13: 32-33 Original KJV:
32 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel,
saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof;
and all the people that we saw in it are men of great stature.
33 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.
The Anakim: This was another name for the Watchers. It means “the descendants of Anak”, or Enoch, Cain’s
son. Though it was said that a flood had been sent to destroy them, there were still entire cities of Anakim
in Canaan as late as the time of Moses. And Jewish chronicler Josephus states that even in his own day it
was not uncommon for people to dig up gigantic skeletal remains.
A champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out of the Philistine camp ... Then the Philistine said,
"This day I defy the ranks of Israel! Give me a man and let us fight each other."
Reading further, both in 2 Samuel 21:16-22 and I Chronicles 20:4-8, we discover that Goliath had four
relatives, also giants:
1) Ishbi-Benob, whose bronze spearhead weighed three hundred shekels (more than seven pounds) and
who said he would kill David;
2) Saph (or Sippai), another descendant of Rapha (the giant);
3) Lahmi (the brother of Goliath), whose spear shaft resembled a weaver's rod; and
4) a huge man (unnamed in the text) with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot.
Goliath and these four were all descendants of Rapha in Gath, "and they fell at the hands of David and his
men" (2 Samuel 21:22 and I Chronicles 20:8).
David apparently knew in facing Goliath that these other four might also have to be reckoned with. So David
prepared himself to take down all five giants, one stone per giant, if need be. The Bible tells us that the
other four did fight against David and his army in later battles, and all four were defeated.
David's stone was a bullet of faith, launched from his sling at probably 100 to 120 mph, and with sufficient
momentum to break through Goliath's skull bones. The boastful giant never knew what hit him. The text
indicates that David ran toward Goliath as he launched his shot, thus adding to its momentum. We can
assume from David's success in killing both bear and lion that he was a fast runner (Goliath could never
have caught him in open field running) and an accurate shot, probably able to put a stone into a 3- or 4-inch
circle consistently from a distance of 20 or 30 feet (an accuracy comparable to that of today's pro baseball
pitchers).
Rulers in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia often proclaimed themselves as "sons of God" to enhance their
power and prestige. So, another view with much support is that the "sons of God" were power-hungry
rulers and despots, who, in their hunger for power and influence, took many wives in polygamy. They, and
their offspring, through tyranny, became "mighty men." (Nimrod was described as a "mighty one" in Genesis
10:8.)
So, there is no need to resort to fanciful suggestions involving aliens to understand this passage of
Scripture.
the Israelites conquered. In Buber's Tanhuma, Devarim 7, the text tells us of a Rabbi Johnanan ben Zakkai's
encounter with the Roman Emperor Hadrian. This event occurred in about A.D. 135, soon after the Roman
victory in the Bar Kochba war, when the Jews rebelled against the Romans. The text reads:
"The wicked emperor Hadrian, who conquered Jerusalem, boasted, 'I have conquered Jerusalem with great
power.' Rabbi Johanan ben Zakkai said to him, 'Do not boast. Had it not been the will of Heaven, you would
not have conquered it.' Rabbi Johanan then took Hadrian into a cave and showed him the bodies of
Amorites who were buried there. One of them measured eighteen cubits [approximately 30 feet] in height.
He said, 'When we were deserving, such men were defeated by us, but now, because of our sins, you have
defeated us'" (quoted in Judaism, edited by Arthur Hertzberg, p.155-156, George Braziller, New York: 1962).
"Sons of God were fallen angels and not aliens"
Some have claimed that the Nephilim, or the "sons of God," both mentioned in Genesis 6:2-4, were aliens.
This is a wild extension of a common view that the "sons of God" who married the "daughters of men" were
fallen angels, and that the Nephilim were products of those "marriages."
"Sons of God" is clearly used of angels in Job 38:7 Orig KJV: "When the morning stars sang together, and
all the sons of God shouted for joy?". The Septuagint (LXX) here translates "sons of God" as "angels of
God." This need not mean that evil angels, or demons, actually cohabited with women. Jesus made it clear
that angels do not engage in sexual activities, at least not angels in heaven. Matthew 22:30 Orig KJV: "For
in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven."
Nevertheless, evil angels on earth could have used the bodies of ungodly men, by demonic possession, to
achieve their evil purpose of producing an evil generation of people (Genesis 6:12).[2]
There are other reasonable suggestions as to the identity of the "sons of God" and the Nephilim.
Interestingly, the word Nephilim is only used here and in Numbers 13:33, where it clearly refers to the
descendants of Anak, who were big people, but still people. Furthermore, "sons of God" is not used
exclusively of angels -- the children of Israel are called "the sons of the living God" in Hosea 1:10 (see also
Psalm 73:15; 80:17).
Numbers 13: 32-33 Original KJV:
32 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel,
saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof;
and all the people that we saw in it are men of great stature.
33 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.
The Anakim: This was another name for the Watchers. It means “the descendants of Anak”, or Enoch, Cain’s
son. Though it was said that a flood had been sent to destroy them, there were still entire cities of Anakim
in Canaan as late as the time of Moses. And Jewish chronicler Josephus states that even in his own day it
was not uncommon for people to dig up gigantic skeletal remains.
A champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out of the Philistine camp ... Then the Philistine said,
"This day I defy the ranks of Israel! Give me a man and let us fight each other."
Reading further, both in 2 Samuel 21:16-22 and I Chronicles 20:4-8, we discover that Goliath had four
relatives, also giants:
1) Ishbi-Benob, whose bronze spearhead weighed three hundred shekels (more than seven pounds) and
who said he would kill David;
2) Saph (or Sippai), another descendant of Rapha (the giant);
3) Lahmi (the brother of Goliath), whose spear shaft resembled a weaver's rod; and
4) a huge man (unnamed in the text) with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot.
Goliath and these four were all descendants of Rapha in Gath, "and they fell at the hands of David and his
men" (2 Samuel 21:22 and I Chronicles 20:8).
David apparently knew in facing Goliath that these other four might also have to be reckoned with. So David
prepared himself to take down all five giants, one stone per giant, if need be. The Bible tells us that the
other four did fight against David and his army in later battles, and all four were defeated.
David's stone was a bullet of faith, launched from his sling at probably 100 to 120 mph, and with sufficient
momentum to break through Goliath's skull bones. The boastful giant never knew what hit him. The text
indicates that David ran toward Goliath as he launched his shot, thus adding to its momentum. We can
assume from David's success in killing both bear and lion that he was a fast runner (Goliath could never
have caught him in open field running) and an accurate shot, probably able to put a stone into a 3- or 4-inch
circle consistently from a distance of 20 or 30 feet (an accuracy comparable to that of today's pro baseball
pitchers).
Rulers in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia often proclaimed themselves as "sons of God" to enhance their
power and prestige. So, another view with much support is that the "sons of God" were power-hungry
rulers and despots, who, in their hunger for power and influence, took many wives in polygamy. They, and
their offspring, through tyranny, became "mighty men." (Nimrod was described as a "mighty one" in Genesis
10:8.)
So, there is no need to resort to fanciful suggestions involving aliens to understand this passage of
Scripture.
Good Angels do not marry
A contradictory yet enlightening statement about angel marriages was made by Jesus which was reported
in Matthew 22:30; "For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the
angels of God in heaven." Here we read a statement from Jesus saying that angels do not get married. A
possible explanation for this is that the "sons of God" were the descendants of Seth, and "the daughters
of men" were of the godless Cainites. Remember, God later spoke of the people of Israel as His ‘firstborn
son" (Exodus 4:22), and Moses called the people of Israel "children of the Lord your God" (Deuteronomy 14:
1).
Therefore, when they took wives it was an unholy alliance between Sethites (God's people) and Cainites
(idol worshipers). Also, the word "wives" seems to indicate more that one and therefore a suggests taking
more than one wife (polygamy).
How Big were the Giants?
(probably around *9.5-14 feet)
(Ancient Hebrew cubit remains unknown)
*9 cubits using Egyptian Royal cubit (1.7 ft) =15.3 ft
(subtracted 1 ft for bed's comfort)
Deuteronomy 3:11 Original KJV:
For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant
of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of
iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon?
nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits
the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man,
Giants
(1.) Hebrew Nephilim, meaning "violent" or "causing to fall" (Gen. 6:4). These were the violent tyrants of
those days, those who fell upon others. The word may also be derived from a root signifying "wonder," and
hence "monsters" or "prodigies." In Num. 13:33 this name is given to a Canaanitish tribe, a race of large
stature, "the sons of Anak." The Revised Version, in these passages, simply transliterates the original, and
reads "Nephilim."
(2.) Hebrew rephaim, a race of giants (Deut. 3:11) who lived on the east of Jordan, from whom Og was
descended. They were probably the original inhabitants of the land before the immigration of the
Canaanites. They were conquered by Chedorlaomer (Gen. 14:5), and their territories were promised as a
possession to Abraham (15:20). The Anakim, Zuzim, and Emim were branches of this stock.
In Job 26:5 (R.V., "they that are deceased;" marg., "the shades," the "Rephaim") and Isa. 14:9 this Hebrew
word is rendered (A.V.) "dead." It means here "the shades," the departed spirits in Sheol. In Sam. 21:16, 18,
20, 33, "the giant" is (A.V.) the rendering of the singular form ha raphah, which may possibly be the name of
the father of the four giants referred to here, or of the founder of the Rephaim. The Vulgate here reads
"Arapha," whence Milton (in Samson Agonistes) has borrowed the name "Harapha." (See also 1 Chron. 20:5,
6, 8; Deut. 2:11, 20; 3:13; Josh. 15:8, etc., where the word is similarly rendered "giant.") It is rendered "dead"
in (A.V.) Ps. 88:10; Prov. 2:18; 9:18; 21:16: in all these places the Revised Version marg. has "the shades."
(See also Isa. 26:14.)
(3.) Hebrew 'Anakim (Deut. 2:10, 11, 21; Josh. 11:21, 22; 14:12, 15; called "sons of Anak," Num. 13:33; "children
of Anak," 13:22; Josh. 15:14), a nomad race of giants descended from Arba (Josh. 14:15), the father of Anak,
that dwelt in the south of Palestine near Hebron (Gen. 23:2; Josh. 15:13). They were a Cushite tribe of the
same race as the Philistines and the Egyptian shepherd kings. David on several occasions encountered
them (2 Sam. 21:15-22). From this race sprung Goliath (1 Sam. 17:4).
(4.) Hebrew 'emin, a warlike tribe of the ancient Canaanites. They were "great, and many, and tall, as the
Anakims" (Gen. 14:5; Deut. 2:10, 11).
(5.) Hebrew Zamzummim (q.v.), Deut. 2:20 so called by the Amorites.
(6.) Heb. gibbor (Job 16:14), a mighty one, i.e., a champion or hero. In its plural form (gibborim) it is rendered
"mighty men" (2 Sam. 23:8-39; 1 Kings 1:8; 1 Chr. 11:9-47; 29:24.) The band of six hundred whom David
gathered around him when he was a fugitive were so designated. They were divided into three divisions of
two hundred each, and thirty divisions of twenty each. The captains of the thirty divisions were called "the
thirty," the captains of the two hundred "the three," and the captain over the whole was called "chief
among the captains" (2 Sam. 23:8). The sons born of the marriages mentioned in Gen. 6:4 are also called by
this Hebrew name.
Genesis 6: 1-8 Original KJV:
1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto
them,
2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which
they chose.
3 And the LORD said, My Spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be
an hundred and twenty years.
4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the
daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of
renown.
5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the
thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and
beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
A contradictory yet enlightening statement about angel marriages was made by Jesus which was reported
in Matthew 22:30; "For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the
angels of God in heaven." Here we read a statement from Jesus saying that angels do not get married. A
possible explanation for this is that the "sons of God" were the descendants of Seth, and "the daughters
of men" were of the godless Cainites. Remember, God later spoke of the people of Israel as His ‘firstborn
son" (Exodus 4:22), and Moses called the people of Israel "children of the Lord your God" (Deuteronomy 14:
1).
Therefore, when they took wives it was an unholy alliance between Sethites (God's people) and Cainites
(idol worshipers). Also, the word "wives" seems to indicate more that one and therefore a suggests taking
more than one wife (polygamy).
How Big were the Giants?
(probably around *9.5-14 feet)
(Ancient Hebrew cubit remains unknown)
*9 cubits using Egyptian Royal cubit (1.7 ft) =15.3 ft
(subtracted 1 ft for bed's comfort)
Deuteronomy 3:11 Original KJV:
For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant
of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of
iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon?
nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits
the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man,
Giants
(1.) Hebrew Nephilim, meaning "violent" or "causing to fall" (Gen. 6:4). These were the violent tyrants of
those days, those who fell upon others. The word may also be derived from a root signifying "wonder," and
hence "monsters" or "prodigies." In Num. 13:33 this name is given to a Canaanitish tribe, a race of large
stature, "the sons of Anak." The Revised Version, in these passages, simply transliterates the original, and
reads "Nephilim."
(2.) Hebrew rephaim, a race of giants (Deut. 3:11) who lived on the east of Jordan, from whom Og was
descended. They were probably the original inhabitants of the land before the immigration of the
Canaanites. They were conquered by Chedorlaomer (Gen. 14:5), and their territories were promised as a
possession to Abraham (15:20). The Anakim, Zuzim, and Emim were branches of this stock.
In Job 26:5 (R.V., "they that are deceased;" marg., "the shades," the "Rephaim") and Isa. 14:9 this Hebrew
word is rendered (A.V.) "dead." It means here "the shades," the departed spirits in Sheol. In Sam. 21:16, 18,
20, 33, "the giant" is (A.V.) the rendering of the singular form ha raphah, which may possibly be the name of
the father of the four giants referred to here, or of the founder of the Rephaim. The Vulgate here reads
"Arapha," whence Milton (in Samson Agonistes) has borrowed the name "Harapha." (See also 1 Chron. 20:5,
6, 8; Deut. 2:11, 20; 3:13; Josh. 15:8, etc., where the word is similarly rendered "giant.") It is rendered "dead"
in (A.V.) Ps. 88:10; Prov. 2:18; 9:18; 21:16: in all these places the Revised Version marg. has "the shades."
(See also Isa. 26:14.)
(3.) Hebrew 'Anakim (Deut. 2:10, 11, 21; Josh. 11:21, 22; 14:12, 15; called "sons of Anak," Num. 13:33; "children
of Anak," 13:22; Josh. 15:14), a nomad race of giants descended from Arba (Josh. 14:15), the father of Anak,
that dwelt in the south of Palestine near Hebron (Gen. 23:2; Josh. 15:13). They were a Cushite tribe of the
same race as the Philistines and the Egyptian shepherd kings. David on several occasions encountered
them (2 Sam. 21:15-22). From this race sprung Goliath (1 Sam. 17:4).
(4.) Hebrew 'emin, a warlike tribe of the ancient Canaanites. They were "great, and many, and tall, as the
Anakims" (Gen. 14:5; Deut. 2:10, 11).
(5.) Hebrew Zamzummim (q.v.), Deut. 2:20 so called by the Amorites.
(6.) Heb. gibbor (Job 16:14), a mighty one, i.e., a champion or hero. In its plural form (gibborim) it is rendered
"mighty men" (2 Sam. 23:8-39; 1 Kings 1:8; 1 Chr. 11:9-47; 29:24.) The band of six hundred whom David
gathered around him when he was a fugitive were so designated. They were divided into three divisions of
two hundred each, and thirty divisions of twenty each. The captains of the thirty divisions were called "the
thirty," the captains of the two hundred "the three," and the captain over the whole was called "chief
among the captains" (2 Sam. 23:8). The sons born of the marriages mentioned in Gen. 6:4 are also called by
this Hebrew name.
Genesis 6: 1-8 Original KJV:
1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto
them,
2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which
they chose.
3 And the LORD said, My Spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be
an hundred and twenty years.
4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the
daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of
renown.
5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the
thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and
beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
