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The Nephilim

The Nephilim

The expression “sons of God” is used exclusively in the Old Testament of angels (Job 1:6; Job 2:1; Job 38:7). According to this view, the Nephilim (from a Hebrew word meaning “to fall”) were the monstrous offspring of these unnatural unions. (For more on the Nephilim, cf. Num. 13:33.) Although they were big, they were not stronger than God, who blotted them out (Gen. 6:7; Gen. 7:23) in the flood, along with the rest of the world.

Hughes, Robert B., and J. Carl Laney. Tyndale Concise Bible Commentary. Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 2001. Print. The Tyndale Reference Library.
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