The Nephilim were hybrid offspring of the disobedient angels who came to earth, materialized human bodies, and had sexual encounters with human females. When the flood came in Noah's day, the wicked angels gave up the bodies of flesh and returned to the spirit realm, while their wives and offspring drowned.
Of the ten men that Moses sent to spy out Canaan, ten of them brought back a fearful report of seeing giants in the land, calling them Nephilim. The sons of Anak were extaordinarily big men, but they were NOT the Nephilim or offspring of the demon angels in Noah's day. Those half-demon men could not re-produce like normal humans. All of them drowned in the flood of Noah's day.
A Report Intended to Terrorize. The ten spies who brought back to the Israelites in the wilderness a false report on the land of Canaan declared: “All the people whom we saw in the midst of it are men of extraordinary size. And there we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who are from the Nephilim; so that we became in our own eyes like grasshoppers, and the same way we became in their eyes.” No doubt there were some large men in Canaan, as other scriptures show, but never except in this “bad report,” which was carefully couched in language designed to strike terror and cause panic among the Israelites, are they called Nephilim.—Nu 13:31-33; 14:36, 37.
10 of the 12 spies were scared of the sons of Anak because they were giants. Caleb and Joshua were the two who weren't scared, and God rewarded them accordingly.
NKJ says they are giants . The descendants of Anak. Anak was a pre-Israelite tribe of very tall people. Their existence is attested by Egyptian sources.
They were the offspring of the fallen angels. These angels left their first estate, being changed because of disobedience to God, and they had relationships with the daughters of men. This is were giants, men of extreme size came upon the earth. Goliath was one from this race.
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The Nephilim were hybrid offspring of the disobedient angels who came to earth, materialized human bodies, and had sexual encounters with human females. When the flood came in Noah's day, the wicked angels gave up the bodies of flesh and returned to the spirit realm, while their wives and offspring drowned.
Of the ten men that Moses sent to spy out Canaan, ten of them brought back a fearful report of seeing giants in the land, calling them Nephilim. The sons of Anak were extaordinarily big men, but they were NOT the Nephilim or offspring of the demon angels in Noah's day. Those half-demon men could not re-produce like normal humans. All of them drowned in the flood of Noah's day.
A Report Intended to Terrorize. The ten spies who brought back to the Israelites in the wilderness a false report on the land of Canaan declared: “All the people whom we saw in the midst of it are men of extraordinary size. And there we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who are from the Nephilim; so that we became in our own eyes like grasshoppers, and the same way we became in their eyes.” No doubt there were some large men in Canaan, as other scriptures show, but never except in this “bad report,” which was carefully couched in language designed to strike terror and cause panic among the Israelites, are they called Nephilim.—Nu 13:31-33; 14:36, 37.
10 of the 12 spies were scared of the sons of Anak because they were giants. Caleb and Joshua were the two who weren't scared, and God rewarded them accordingly.
My Bible doesn't mention the word Nephilim.
NKJ says they are giants . The descendants of Anak. Anak was a pre-Israelite tribe of very tall people. Their existence is attested by Egyptian sources.
of course they were. the Nephilim are addressed in many texts other than the bible.
of course, you're pretty damn unlikely to hear a Sunday morning sermon about them...or the Annunaki for that matter.
They were the offspring of the fallen angels. These angels left their first estate, being changed because of disobedience to God, and they had relationships with the daughters of men. This is were giants, men of extreme size came upon the earth. Goliath was one from this race.