giants

[brierpatch1974]

Not sure of the verse or the exact wording but what is the reverence to " There was giants in the lands in those days" or somthing simular to that.

Also in another area there was a reference of great beings decending from the heavens and breeding with mortals…not exact quote but along those lines.

I just remeber hearing those as a kid and was wondering about them. Could anyone please let me know what they are referring too or if I am just remembering somthing that wasn’t there. Thanks for the help.

BP

 

[PaulDupre]

Here it is:

1 Then the people began to multiply on the earth, and daughters were born to them. 2 The sons of God saw the beautiful women and took any they wanted as their wives. 3 Then the Lord said, “My Spirit will not put up with humans for such a long time, for they are only mortal flesh. In the future, their normal lifespan will be no more than 120 years.”

4 In those days, and for some time after, giant Nephilites lived on the earth, for whenever the sons of God had intercourse with women, they gave birth to children who became the heroes and famous warriors of ancient times.

• Genesis 6:1-4

The idea that beings descended from heaven and took mortal wives is one very fanciful interpretation of this passage. Another more reasonable interpretation is:

“A contradictory yet enlightening statement about angel marriages was made by Jesus which was reported in Matthew 22:30; “For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.” Here we read a statement from Jesus saying that angels do not get married. A possible explanation for this is that the “sons of God” were the descendants of Seth, and “the daughters of men” were of the godless Cainites. Remember, God later spoke of the people of Israel as His ‘firstborn son” (Exodus 4:22), and Moses called the people of Israel “children of the Lord your God” (Deuteronomy 14:1).

Therefore, when they took wives it was an unholy alliance between Sethites (God’s people) and Cainites (idol worshipers). Also, the word “wives” seems to indicate more that one and therefore a suggests taking more than one wife (polygamy)."

Hope this helps.

God love you,
Paul

 

[missal]

Hi,

I was taught in parochial school that these words “giants” was lost in interpretation, and really meant people of great stature , distinction, honour, who had fallen into darkness and immorality.
Hope that helps.View attachment 3656

 

[thistle]

Not sure of the verse or the exact wording but what is the reverence to " There was giants in the lands in those days" or somthing simular to that.

Also in another area there was a reference of great beings decending from the heavens and breeding with mortals…not exact quote but along those lines.

I just remeber hearing those as a kid and was wondering about them. Could anyone please let me know what they are referring too or if I am just remembering somthing that wasn’t there. Thanks for the help.

BP

Sorry but there were no giants and no aliens!

 

[Henning]

I think ‘giants’ is from the LXX translation of the Old Testament.
the LXX (Greek) translation of the Hebrew nephelim is γίγαντες
γ-g
ί- i
γ-g
α-a
ν-n
τ-t
ε-e
ς-s

gigantes or giants

Gen 6:4
“There were giants
in the earth in those days…”

“οἱ δὲ γίγαντες ἦσαν
ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις…”