The Nephilim

Genesis Chapter 6, Verse 4
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.— edit KJV text

There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that,...

There weregiants in those days prior to the flood and also after that, after the flood. Thus, the conditions that existed before the flood would continue after the flood.

There is no agreement as to the identity of these giants. However, these giants appeared when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men suggesting that these men were the children of the sons of God and the daughters of men. These giants are the same [who] became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. Rather than being physically giants, they appear to have been men of reputation (renown), possibly religious teachers and leaders.

Gill argues differently and writes, "That is, in the days before the sons of God took the daughters of men for wives, in such a general manner as before declared, or before the declension and apostasy became so universal; even in the times of Jared, as the Arabic writers understand it, who say that these giants were begotten on the daughters of Cain by the children of Seth, who went down from the mountain to them in the days of Jared, see Gen 5:20 the word "Nephilim" comes from a word which signifies to fall; and these might be so called, either because they made their fear to fall upon men, or men, through fear, to fall before them, because of their height and strength; or rather because they fell and rushed on men with great violence, and oppressed them in a cruel and tyrannical manner; or, as some think, because they fell off and were apostates from the true religion, which is much better than to understand them of apostate angels,..."


...when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them,...

Gill writes, "or giants unto them, as may be supplied from the former clause; for the sense is, as there were giants before this general defection, so there were at this time, when there was a mixture of the Cainites and Sethites; which were the offspring of the sons of God, or posterity of Seth, mixing with the daughters of men, or the posterity of Cain; for this is not to be understood after the flood, as Aben Ezra, Ben Melech;..."


...the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

Gill writes, "or "of name"; whose names were often made mention of, both for their size and for their wickedness; they were much talked of, and extolled for their exploits, and even wicked ones: they were famous men, or rather infamous; for some men get a name in the world, not for their goodness, but for their greatness, and sometimes for their great wickedness; which sense is countenanced by what follows: that there were giants in these early times is confirmed by the testimony of many Heathen writers; such were the Titans that made war against Saturn, begotten by Ouranus, who were not only of bulky bodies, but of invincible strength, as Apollodorus relates, and Berosus speaks of a city about Lebanon, called Enos, which was a city of giants, who were men of vast bodies, and of great strength, inventors of arms and music, were cannibals, and exceedingly debauched."

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