[FONT="]There is a difference between a giant and a Nephilim. Not all giants were Nephilim. Nephilim were part human, part angel. They were evil as were their fathers (fallen angels). There strength and stature was due to the fact that they were fathered by angels. During the great flood the Nephilim were destroyed. [/FONT]
[FONT="]Any giants there after are not related to Nephilim. Goliath was a giant who was 9’5”. He came from a very tall tribe of people. Today there are very tall people, who come from families that are also very tall. [/FONT]
[FONT="]Although many of the very tallest people recorded grow so large due to some kind of genetic disorder, not because they come from a tall family. Interestingly one of Goliath’s family members had six fingers and toes on each hand and foot. So something was wrong with his genetic makeup. (1 Chronicles 20:5-7)[/FONT]
[FONT="]How tall do you have to be to be a giant? If my mom who is 5” tall was standing in a crowd of professional basketball players I think she would feel like she was surrounded by giants.[/FONT]
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[FONT="](1 Samuel 17:4, 5)[/FONT][FONT="] . . .Then a champion came out from the camps of the Phi·lis′tines; his name was Go·li′ath, from Gath, and his height was six cubits and a span. [SUP]5[/SUP] He had a helmet of copper on his head, and he was wearing a coat of mail of overlapping scales. The weight of the copper coat of mail was 5,000 shekels.[/FONT]