(n) Elmacinus & Patricides apud Hottinger, p. 235, 236. Genesis 11:4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. They were also called mighty men of fame of old, in the bible meaning they had an outrageous fame, notoriety rather, for being strong and violent. Two of them come from the Pentateuch and the first occurrence is in Genesis 6:1–4, immediately before the account of Noah's Ark. Explanation and Commentary of Genesis 6:4 The Bible says very little about the Nephilim, but there are scholars who believe that the Nephilim were the progeny of demons and humans. One thought on “ Who were the Nephilim of Genesis 6:4? Strong's concordance is showing you the singular form of the word. Plural forms of Hebrew words end in "-im" (and much less often in "-in" as can be found in places such as Job and Proverbs. 4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. However, it makes much more sense that this phrase refers to this post-Flood event, especially since Genesis 6 was penned by Moses. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and lsends rain on the just and on the unjust. Now if, according to the simple meaning of the passage, the Nephilim were in existence at the very time when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, the appearance of the Nephilim cannot afford the slightest evidence that the "sons of God" were angels, by whom a family of monsters were begotten, whether demigods, daemons, or angel-men. l. 1. fol. The children of these mixed marriages were a race of brave fighting men, who by their martial deeds won for themselves reputation. l. 1. Deuteronomy 2:20,21 (That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims; …. The Septuagint version of Genesis 6:4 agrees: Now the giants [Nephilim] were upon the earth in those days; and after that when [because] the sons of God were wont to go in to the daughters of men, they bore children to them, those were the giants [gibborim] of old, the men of renown. The word in 1 Ch 20:8 (also 1 Ch 20:6 and 1 Ch 8:2; cf. The Nephilim (נְפִילִים; a word only ever found in plural form in OT) only appears three times in Gen 6:4 and Num 13:33 (twice). He bases his view upon Joshua 11:7 : "Nephilim non dictos a magnitudine corporum, sicut Rabbini putant, sed a tyrannide et oppressione quod vi grassati sint, nulla habita ratione legum aut honestatis, sed simpliciter indulgentes suis voluptatibus et cupiditatibus." Genesis 6 / Genesis 6:4 4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. (o) "viri nominis", Montanus. There is, in fact, nothing in Genesis 6:4 that indicates the Nephilim were offspring of the marriages suggested in this context. "These," i.e., the sons sprung from those marriages, "are the heroes, those renowned heroes of old.". The same became mighty men.—Heb., They were the mighty men that were of old, men of name. Genesis 6:4 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Genesis 6:4, NIV: "The Nephilim were on the earth in those days--and also afterward--when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them.They were the heroes of old, men of renown." Genesis 6:4 "Giants" is the Hebrew word nephilim, which has little or nothing to do with being tall and muscular but refers to cultural leadership.God is describing the culture immediately before the Flood.Nephilim has to be seen in that context. Numbers 16:2 And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown: The same became mighty men.--Heb., They were the mighty men that were of old, men of name. The opinion that giants are intended derives no support from Numbers 13:32-33. (Gen. 6:4) The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. 2. vid. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown. In that case the lawless violence of the strong and willful is to be regarded as rebellion, not only against the patriarchal rule, but the divine supremacy. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.a Ovid Metamorph. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown. A notice of civil law and government would not of course affect the authority of the book. "Gibborim," mighty men (see Genesis 10:8), has nothing to do with stature, but means heroes, warriors. Genesis 6:4 ESV - The Nephilim were on the… | Biblia 44 But I say to you, iLove your enemies and jpray for those who persecute you, 45 kso that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. The children of these mixed marriages were a race of brave fighting men, who by their martial deeds won for themselves reputation. There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. Fab. when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men, Nephilim -- 'giants', name of two peoples, one before the flood and one after the flood, Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural, Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and, Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that, gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative, Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural, Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural, To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage, Preposition | third person masculine plural, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular, Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, OT Law: Genesis 6:4 The Nephilim were in the earth (Gen. Ge Gn). Genesis 6:4 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature. 4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. Genesis 6:4 reads as follows: The expression "in those days" refers most naturally to the time when God pronounced the sentence upon the degenerate race; but it is so general and comprehensive a term, that it must not be confined exclusively to that time, not merely because the divine sentence was first pronounced after these marriages were contracted, and the marriages, if they did not produce the corruption, raised it to that fulness of iniquity which was ripe for the judgment, but still more because the words "after that" represent the marriages which drew down the judgment as an event that followed the appearance of the Nephilim.