then how come the bible says that there were Nephilim on the earth before .............. and after the flood? Shouldn't the flood have killed them all? And I don't believe Noah's family were Nephilim or there would have been only Nephilim after the flood and the bible would have told us if Noah's family were Nephilim.
2007-01-30 05:56:05 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Mibandibe - I'm not asking who they were. I'm asking why they existed AFTER the flood if everyone but Noah's family was killed by the flood.
2007-01-30 06:29:45 · update #1
are you sure? I'll have to check it out, but if so, I think that the angels (who are now in a special kind of torture) slept with human women and therfore scrambled human genetics creating giants were before the flood, and the giants like Goliath (maybe cuz of gigantisism) were caused by normal human mutations.
2007-01-30 06:06:18 · answer #1 · answered by Hey, Ray 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One theory is that the purpose of the flood was to rid the eath of the nephilim. Nephilim apparently aren't that easy to kill, being half-angelic and all. And no, Noah's family were not nephilim, Noah had a clean bloodline, and it didn't include any abominations, such as nephilim. The Watchers (angels who were suppose to watch out over mankind, not mate with them), messed up big time when they fell for the human women. They taught them not only jewelry making and adornment, but they taught their children, the nephilim, weaponry that the human race wasn't mentally or emotionally advanced enough to learn yet, which is why they had to be disposed of.
2007-01-30 14:03:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Nephilim were the result of matings between the sons of god and the daughters of man.
When people suggest that the NT son of god got it on with Mary Magdalene, everybody goes apoplectic but, apparently, it was common enough in the OT that the offspring even got a racial or tribal name.
In any case, after the flood, all that was required to create more Nephilim was a new set of interested sons of god and a new set of willing daughters of man.
Aren't myths wonderful? Literally?
2007-01-30 14:08:20 · answer #3 · answered by Dave P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. nephilim are the offspring of angels and humans.
angels dont have to have been on the earth and drowned by god....
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 men and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.
notice the distinction between "sons of God", and "daughters of men".
speaking of nephilim. isnt Jesus a man of renown... a heroe of old.. born of a woman who never had sex with another human...
2007-01-30 14:04:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think everyone has missed the bigger question here. If Noah's family were the only people left does that mean that God condoned and encouraged incest; and are we not all supposed descendants from Noah. If this were true we would all be perverts having any sexual relationship with anyone since we would be related to each other.
2007-01-30 14:30:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe the Nephilim could swim?
2007-01-30 14:02:46 · answer #6 · answered by azarus_again 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Nephilim were giants.- it says these were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown. In vs 4.
2007-01-30 14:02:01 · answer #7 · answered by Mandolyn Monkey Munch 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nephilim is not clearly defined. Those before and after were likely different.
2007-01-30 14:05:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What does FATHERS word say ?
your on the right track
it doesn't say it was just his family though
perfect means..........blemish as to breed or pedigree
Noah nor his family mixed with the Nephulim .............
you need a strongs concordance to understand the meaning of
words. The word beast is also for mankind..........
and some believe the flood was not world wide...........
for history say about seeing the great flood........
get you a companion bible and a strong's concordance to
break back the words need more help .............
go to
http://www.shepherdschapel.com/
and call that # and order the 1st chap. of Genesis.........
Happy studying..............
2007-01-30 14:22:53 · answer #9 · answered by mary b 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Deuteronomy 3:11 Original KJV:
For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant
of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of
iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon?
nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits
the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man,
check out this site:www.bibleprobe.com/nephilim.htm
2007-01-30 14:08:50 · answer #10 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋