"There were giants on the earth in those days, and also afterwards, when the sons of God came into the daughters of men and bore children to them. Those were the might men who were of old, men of renown." v.4
Read chapter 4.
The Hebrew word for giants here is Nephilim. These nephilim were half human and half angel from the result of fallen angels impregnating women (v.2). The very next verse says that the Lord saw the wickedness of man, so the nephilim weren't a good thing that happened. Satan was trying to destroy man's race so that the Savior couldn't come (see Genesis 3:15). We see that Noah's bloodline hadn't been corrupted (v.9), so big reason why he was saved. Yet this verse four says the nephilim were also afterwards (of the flood), so wasn't just a one time thing, but gives reason to why we see later in the Old Testament why whole nations/cities were to be destroyed. Some also say the nephilim is where Greek mythology comes from of these "mighty men." Men with crazy powers and strength. This seems obscure, make believed, abstract, but it's in the Bible and therefore truth. How does this make you believe of things in the past and of the spiritual realm?
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