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The Nephilim ,Biblical Giants , Human/Angel Half
breeds?, Human/Alien Half breeds ?, Fallen Angels, Demons, or all of the above ? "Nephilim" is a Hebrew word whose basic meaning is "those who have fallen." . Alternate Translations dependant upon the context in which it is used "those who fall upon," in the sense of invaders or hostile and violent men, such as in Eziekel 32:20. " They will fall among those killed by the sword. .... " The Hebrew word nephel is probably the root word from which Nephilim is derived- nephel means: "untimely birth, abortion, miscarriage". Nephilim would therefore be "Unnaturally begotten men" or bastards from "abortion" or "miscarriage" "Some ... believe that the expression 'sons of God' refers to the 'godly line' of Seth, and 'daughters of men' to women from the line of Cain." - Commentary on the Living Bible
The most noteworthy alternative
opinion regarding the derivative word of Nephilim is that it refers
to a class of Angels descended from Orion. In ancient Aramaic
, the constellation Orion was known as Nephila, Orion's
descendants would then be known as Nephilim [Peake's Commentary on the Bible
The subject of the Nephilim is one of the great puzzles of the Bible. The same
general theme is found throughout ancient writings of many peoples and
is not confined exclusively to the Bible.
The Nephilim were apparently a race of impressive physical stature compared to
the smaller Hebrews, from Numbers
13:33. "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." This particular reference is glossed by a statement which
implies that the offspring of Anak in
Canaan were descended from the renowned Rephaim or Nephilim
The Book of Enoch The origination of the Nephilim begins with a story of the fallen angels. Originating in the Book of Enoch {Apocrypha} Shemhazai, an angel of high rank, led a sect of angels in a descent to earth to instruct humans in righteousness. {See Legends of the Jews } The mission lasted for a few centuries, but soon the soldiers/missionaries/angels became corrupted in their lusting after human females. After lusting, the fallen angels instructed the women in magic and conjuring, mated with them, and produced offspring, who would later be referred to as the Nephilim. Enoch was probably as well known to the ancient readers as he is unknown to modern readers . Genesis says of him only that he "walked with God," and afterward "he was not, because God had taken him" (Gen. 5:24). This passage made Enoch an exalted figure of considerable fascination. See Who was Enoch ?
The Lost Book of Enoch: Comprehensive Transliteration of the Forgotten Book of the Bible
The Book of Giants Another work concerned with the fallen Angels and Enoch , It was widely read in ancient Rome and Greece but only fragments of it, some un-translated exist today. The following are some relevant excerpts, even with the large volume of missing sections we can still extract a basic overall meaning [?] they knew the secrets of [?] [ ? si]n was great in the earth [ ? [?] [ . . . ] and they killed many [ ? ] [? they begat] giants [ ? ] [ ?everything that the] earth produced [?] [ ?] the great fish [?] [ ? ] the sky with all that grew [?] [ ? fruit of] the earth and all kinds of grain and all the trees [?] 1... male and female, and among humans [?] It is interesting to note that one the Giants referred to in this work is Gilgamesh, for any who are familiar with the Gilgamesh Epic. (i.e., 4Q531, 6Q8 Frag. 2 and 4Q530 Col. 2), "the name of one of the giants is Gilgamesh, the Babylonian hero and subject of a great epic written in the third millennium B.C.E." -The Dead Sea Scrolls : A New Translation (1996) p. 247 |
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