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Their sons (Nephilim)
Gen 5:32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
6:1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and
twenty years.
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.
5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was
only evil continually.
6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping
thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and,
behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
TANAKH
Bereshit – Genisis
5: 32 And Noah was five hundred years old; and Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
(Gen 6:2 KJV) That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they
chose.
Sons of God:
ben:H1121 . 'elohiym:H430
1121. ben, bane; from H1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of lit. and fig. relationship, including
grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., [like H1, H251, etc.]):-- + afflicted, age, [Ahoh-] [Ammon-] [Hachmon-] [Lev-]ite,
[anoint-]ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, [Assyr-] [Babylon-] [Egypt-] [Grec-]ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock,
+ (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, +
kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, +
steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant[-est], whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
430. 'elohiym, el-o-heem'; plur. of H433; gods in the ordinary sense; but spec. used (in the plur. thus, esp. with the art.) of the
supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative:--angels, X exceeding,
God (gods) (-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
[HOLMAN BIBLE DICTIONARY]
SONS OF GOD Divine beings associated with God in the heavens in what can be called the "divine council" (Ps. 82:1 NRSV) or
the "council of the holy ones" (Ps. 89:7 NASB). In Job, the earliest Greek translation translated "sons of God" as "angels of God"
(Job 1:6; 2:1) and "my angels" (Job 38:7). The phrase "sons of the living God" in Hosea 1:10, however, refers to Israel.
The expression sons of God employs a Hebrew idiom in which "son(s)" refers to participants in a class or in a state of being,
and the second word describes the class or state of being. Thus, in Genesis 5:32, Noah is said to be a "son of five hundred
years," meaning he was 500 years old. In English an adjective often best translates the second term, so that "divine beings" rather
than "sons of God" would be a better rendition of the Hebrew. This accords with the NRSV's translation "heavenly beings" for
"sons of gods" in Psalms 29:1; 89:6.
In the New Testament, "sons of God" always refers to human beings who do God's will (Matt. 5:9; Rom. 8:14,19). Similar
expressions with the same meaning are to be found in Matthew 5:45; John 1:12; Romans 9:26 ( = Hos. 1:10), and 2 Corinthians
6:18. The usual designation of the heavenly beings in the New Testament is "angels."
(Psa 82:1 KJV) A Psalm of Asaph. God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
TANAKH – divine assembly
(Psa 82:1 NRSV) God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment:
(Psa 89:6 KJV) For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened
unto the LORD?
7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.
(Psa 89:6 NRSV) For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD,
7 a God feared in the council of the holy ones, great and awesome above all that are around him?
TANAKH – holy beings
(Job 1:6 KJV) Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also
among them.
(Job 1:6 NRSV) One day the heavenly beings came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among
them.
Tanakh – divine beings
Job 38:4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
(Job 38:7 KJV) When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
(Job 38:7 NIV) while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?
(Job 38:7 NRSV) when the morning stars sang together and all the heavenly beings shouted for joy?
Tanakh - divine beings
(Gen 6:4 KJV) 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.
Giants:
H5303. nephiyl, nef-eel'; or nephil, nef-eel'; from H5307; prop., a feller, i.e. a bully or tyrant:--giant.
ROOT - H5307. naphal, naw-fal'; a prim. root; to fall, in a great variety of applications (intrans. or causat., lit. or fig.):--be
accepted, cast (down, self, [lots], out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down,
-en, -ing), fell (-ing), fugitive, have [inheritamce], inferior, be judged [by mistake for H6419], lay (along), (cause to) lie
down, light (down), be (X hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present (-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out,
X surely, throw down.
Proper interpretations:
The fallen ones, those who cause to fall, The disobedient ones (fugitives).
(Num 13:33 KJV) And there we saw the giants (1), the sons of Anak, which come of the giants(2): and we were in our own sight
as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
Giants 1:
H5303. nephiyl, nef-eel'; or nephil, nef-eel'; from H5307; prop., a feller, i.e. a bully or tyrant:--giant.
Giants 2:
H1368. gibbowr, ghib-bore'; or (short.) gibbor, ghib-bore'; intens. from the same as H1397; powerful; by impl. warrior, tyrant:--
champion, chief, X excel, giant, man, mighty (man, one), strong (man), valiant man.
Same as...
H1397. geber, gheh'-ber; from H1396; prop. a valiant man or warrior; gen. a person simply:--every one, man, X mighty.
ROOT - H1396. gabar, gaw-bar'; a prim. root; to be strong; by impl. to prevail, act insolently:--exceed, confirm, be great,
be mighty, prevail, put to more [strength], strengthen, be stronger, be valiant.
Gerber to gibbowr takes the simple definition of a regular strong man(Gerber) and amplifies it with Gibbowr to add an extra
emphasis on how Giant they really were. Gibbowr = Giant Strong Men in this verse.
Later this word gibbowr is used to discribe someone who is mighty beyond normal. Ex: Josh 1:14 Mighty men of valour
Interpretation: The Great Ones, The Mighty Ones, The Giant Ones.
(Gen 10:8 KJV) And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
The word gibbowr is used to describe how Nimrod (the son of Cush, the son of Ham) grew. Although it does not use the word
nephilim it says he became or grew to be a gibbowr or mighty man the same word used to describe those who begat the nephilim.
He was King over Babel.
Who's brother was egypt(Mizraim: Mitsrayim). Ham was cursed by Noah for seeing Noah naked. It may be that the genes of the
Giants were carried through Ham.... Egypt/Persia/Mesopotamia/Kush-Eptheopia/Aseria/Canaan/Bashan-The land of Giants etc.
You may be asking what this has to do with the oneness of God… Heres the point….
Historical Setting/ Archeological Point Of View
Ancient Sumerian Drawings
Here is a picture of the Sumerian primary god Anu. Who had children known to the Sumerians as Anukim which is only a different
pronunciation of the word Anakin. we find in our bible the sons of anak. Of which we have the Giants joshua’s men trembled at.
Exo 6: 22 And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that
thou hast sent me?
23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at
all.
6:1 Then the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go,
and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.
2 And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD:
3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not
known to them.
Akkadian text = When heaven above was not yet named, nor earth below pronounced by name, Apsu, the first one, their begetter
and maker Tiamat, who bore them all, had mixed their waters together, but had not formed pastures, nor discovered reed-beds.
When yet no gods were manifest, nor names pronounced, nor destinies decreed, then gods were born within them.