Genesis 6:4
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.
1 Chronicles 20:5-7
5And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam.
6And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot and he also was the son of the giant.
7But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.
Numbers 13: 32-33
And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it. Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there. And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of great stature. And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
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what do we do about Goliath and his brother Lahmi?
scripture says he was a GIANT.
spear like a weaver's beam!
then it describes yet another man of great stature (un-named) and he had six digits per hand and foot.
then the spies report....i don't know what to make of it.
but we have ancient carvings and friezes showing six-digit giants across the globe.
so....i dunno.
mayan
mayan 6 fingered figure with six-digit "deity" inside it.
mayan king Chan-Bahlum depicted as having six toes and six fingers per hand and foot.
Polydactyly is common in man....1 in approx 800 kids are born with extra digits.
so, i don't just assume these are evidence
of serpent seed-type teaching -
which i reject.
nevertheless, stories of giants in the earth come from all ancient civilizations.
it seems obvious they would be revered and feared.
possibly even "deified".
the fact
they are mentioned in our Bible settles it.
Goliath is actually measured...not
just said to be a mighty man of valour or whatever.
he was a BIG GUY.
it's just a question of HOW giants came to be that way.
i don't think we'll know.
and i don't think it matters, really.
but it is interesting.