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“It
happened after the sons of men had multiplied in those days, that
daughters were born to them, elegant and beautiful. And when the
angels, the sons of heaven beheld them, they became enamored of
them, saying to each other, Come, let us select for ourselves wives
from the progeny of men, and let us beget children. Then
they took wives, each choosing for himself; whom they began to approach,
and with whom they cohabitated; teaching them sorcery, incantations,
all the secret things which are done in the heavens.”
"The
origination of the Nephilim begins with a story of the fallen angels.
Shemhazai, an angel of high rank, led a sect of angels in a descent
to earth to instruct humans in righteousness. The tutelage went
on for a few centuries, but soon the angels pined for the human
females. After lusting, the fallen angels instructed the women in magic
and conjuring, mated with them, and produced hybrid offspring: the
Nephilim. "
Nephilim
at Encyclopedia Mythica
"The
early rabbis and church fathers never considered that Genesis 6:4
refers to a failure to keep the "faithful" lines of the godly Seth
from mingling with the worldly line of Cain. The "bene ha Elohim" (sons
of God) also never refer to men in the Old Testament, only angels."
Who
were the Nephilim?
"When men began to increase on earth and daughters were born to them,
the divine beings saw how beautiful the daughters of men were and took
wives from among those that pleased them. The LORD said, 'My breath
shall not abide in man forever, since he too is flesh; let the days
allowed him be one hundred and twenty years.' It was then, and later
too, that the Nephilim appeared on earth - when the divine beings cohabited
with the daughters of men, who bore them offspring. They were the heroes
of old, the men of renown." - Genesis 6:1-4
"This
is the only account of the watchers in the Bible. Isaiah 14:12-15
talks of the fall of the "day-star, son of morning," which implies
that there was a revolt, and the "day-star" was cast into the abyss,
but this may be a reference to early Canaanite or Phoenician myths. "
Watchers/Nephilim
(Naphidim)
"The
Hebrew word for giants (nephilum) literally means the fallen-down-ones
because these tall celestial beings fell from the sky. Their half-breed
progeny and their descendants are often mentioned in the early
books of the Old Testament until the last of them were finally
killed off. They were known as the Rephaim [Hebrew for 'phantoms'],
Emim, Anakim, Horim, Avim, and Zamzummim."
The
Nephilim (A collection of quotes and comments from a number
of sources.)
"The
term translated "the Sons of God" is, in the Hebrew, B'nai
HaElohim , "Sons of Elohim," which is a term consistently used in the
Old Testament for angels, and it is never used
of believers in the Old Testament. It was so understood by the ancient
rabbinical sources, by the Septuagint translators in the 3rd century
before Christ, and by the early church fathers."
Mischievous
Angels or Sethites? (from an evangelical
Christian viewpoint. )
"A solution
seems to consist in recognizing that the children were true human
children of truly human fathers and mothers, but that all were possessed
and controlled by evil spirits. That is, these fallen angelic "sons of God" accomplished their purposes by something equivalent
to demon possession, indwelling the bodies of human men, and then also
taking (or "possessing") the bodies of the women as well. "
Nephilim:
The Giants of Old
"The
off-spring of this union between the "sons of God" and
the "daughters
of men" were so extraordinary that it indicates an unusual parentage.
In no way could the progenitors of such beings be ordinary humans."
Sons of God, Daughters of Men
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