Nephilim in the Bible
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6 When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose. 3 Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years.” 4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown. | Genesis 6:1–4 (ESV)
Sethite View: Context of Genesis 4-6
Sethite View: Eve’s Pattern Repeated
6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate. |Genesis 3:6 (ESV)
2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose. | Genesis 6:2 (ESV)
Sethite View: Men Punished, not Angels
5 The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. | Genesis 6:5–6 (ESV)
Sethite View: Source of the Nephilim
4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown. | Genesis 6:4 (ESV)
Sethite View: Nephilim in Numbers 13:33
33 And there we saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak, who come from the Nephilim), and we seemed to ourselves like grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them.” | Numbers 13:33 (ESV)
Sethite View: Violent Men
11 Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with violence. 12 And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth. 13 And God said to Noah, “I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth. | Genesis 6:11–13 (ESV)
Angelic View: Job 1 & 2
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them. | Job 1:6 (ESV)
Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them to present himself before the Lord. | Job 2:1 (ESV)
Angelic View: Men, not Angels
Angelic View: After the Flood
Angelic View: Bodily Sins
Angelic View: Modes of Production
Angelic View: Taking on Human Bodies
Calvin’s Summary
That ancient figment, concerning the intercourse of angels with women, is abundantly refuted by its own absurdity; and it is surprising that learned men should formerly have been fascinated by ravings so gross and prodigious.
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