Who were the Nephilims?

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WomanLovesTX

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What is your understanding of Genesis 6:4 which mentions people known as the Nephilim. Who were they?
 
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Ma-maa

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I don't have a good answer, but I'd just like to let you know that the 's' on the end is redundant. THe Hebrew suffix '-im' indicates pluralism :)

I believe the Nephelim were giants, Anak was descended from them (I think) and Goliath etc in turn were descended from Anak. I don't know where exactly they came from though.
 
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RESULT FROM
FALLEN ANGELS ARE THE SONS OF GOD
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DAUGHTERS OF MEN
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NEPHILIMS
 
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glenwood74

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A mixture of angel DNA and human DNA which lead to Giants and "the heroes of old" being loose on the earth. Goliath and the like. Perhaps beings responsible for many Greek and Roman myths?
 
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charisenexcelcis

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I disagree. I believe they are the offspring of the sons of Seth mating with the daughters of Cain.
 
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The line of Seth was part fallen angel and human. The women were raped by the fallen angels(demons).
 
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glenwood74

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Seth was not a god. The sons of God could be a symbolism but I don't see it as Seth and Cain were both first-born of Adam. And why would their offspring have become giants? It's fairly clear as to the meaning.
 
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charisenexcelcis

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Seth was not a god. The sons of God could be a symbolism but I don't see it as Seth and Cain were both first-born of Adam. And why would their offspring have become giants? It's fairly clear as to the meaning.
My belief begins with Jesus saying that the angels neither marry nor give in marriage. I do not believe that the angels have DNA, nor that they are capable of procreating. Even in creatures of this world, extremely small differences in DNA make intermating impossible. Luke's geneology of Genesis ends with "Adam, the son of God". This is the same expression that I believe it to be using in Genesis. so the holy line through Seth are the sons of God and the unholy line of Cain merely the daughters of man.
 
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Ma-maa

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My belief begins with Jesus saying that the angels neither marry nor give in marriage. I do not believe that the angels have DNA, nor that they are capable of procreating. Even in creatures of this world, extremely small differences in DNA make intermating impossible. Luke's geneology of Genesis ends with "Adam, the son of God". This is the same expression that I believe it to be using in Genesis. so the holy line through Seth are the sons of God and the unholy line of Cain merely the daughters of man.

All the same, I don't see how that would make giants. Which clearly it did.
 
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miktre

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I like this gentlemen's reading of the Kebra Nagast, an Ethiopian Christian non-canonical book.

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPy5PVSNFAs[/video]
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28Y3W5tSGiA[/video]
 
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Israel

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One of the most important differences between man and angels is that we have the ability to procreate life. If the sons of God mentioned in the Bible were indeed angels, and God destroyed the world partly for what they did, then how could these same angels have possibly done it again AFTER the flood when these angels are reserved in darkness until judgement?
 
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1 angels r not sons of god
2 only to angels get a punish from god until jagment day not all angels
 
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two angles did sins only
not all angels
after god asked the angels and satan to pray for ada all the angles pray for adam but satan didnt and satan wasnt angle he was devil
and after that two angles asked god y adam and human r better than angles god said coz i gave adam the choice to sin
but god didnt give the angles the choice to sin
then these two angles asked god to make them look like human and do what human can do (sins)
and god agree then they came to the earth in papil city in iraq and the teach the human magic and meny other sins and god is punishing these two angles until juagment day but not all the angles
 
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greatkraw

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I like this gentlemen's reading of the Kebra Nagast, an Ethiopian Christian non-canonical book.

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPy5PVSNFAs[/video]
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28Y3W5tSGiA[/video]​
this guy has no credibility - the document he quotes is clearly a forgery

he says that the evil angel offspring chew through the stomach of the woman like in aliens (that IS the example he uses)
 
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greatkraw

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if you look at fossils from before the flood EVERYTHING WAS GIGANTIC - INCLUDING PEOPLE
no angle DNA survived the flood
but Noah and his sons passed on the DNA of being huge from before the flood
but the land no longer flourished as it did formerly so those animals and peopl with a smaller stature prevailed and spread their DNA
 
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miktre

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this guy has no credibility - the document he quotes is clearly a forgery

he says that the evil angel offspring chew through the stomach of the woman like in aliens (that IS the example he uses)
I think him to have more credibility than you with your 2030 rapture false prophecy. He was using an analogy with the alien movie.
 
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greatkraw

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I think him to have more credibility than you with your 2030 rapture false prophecy. He was using an analogy with the alien movie.
miktre, would you like me to make a short term prophecy?:D
 
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miktre

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if you look at fossils from before the flood EVERYTHING WAS GIGANTIC - INCLUDING PEOPLE
no angle DNA survived the flood
but Noah and his sons passed on the DNA of being huge from before the flood
but the land no longer flourished as it did formerly so those animals and peopl with a smaller stature prevailed and spread their DNA
Wrong, Noah's blood was perfect, thats why God spared him. Why do you think He flooded the earth??? Also the animals on the ark would of been giant by your theory and that isn't so or the offspring would be giant also.
 
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greatkraw

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Wrong, Noah's blood was perfect, thats why God spared him. Why do you think He flooded the earth??? Also the animals on the ark would of been giant by your theory and that isn't so or the offspring would be giant also.
I did not say that noah's blood was imperfect
noah probly had baby animals on board but it was really only an issue for a handfull of species
 
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