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ochaye
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Message 238 of 352 (501919)
03-08-2009 4:29 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by John Williams
08-06-2004 1:59 AM


"There were giants in the earth in those days" Gen. 6:4
This is much better translated:
'Men on the earth were arrogant in those days and also afterwards when these sons of God went to the daughters of men and had children by them. They were the tyrants of old, men of [who desired] renown.'
The term 'sons of God' is an ironic one here, denoting the fall of man from his proper god-like state (which is humble and not high-handed).

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ochaye
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Message 241 of 352 (501943)
03-08-2009 7:38 PM
Reply to: Message 240 by Granny Magda
03-08-2009 5:31 PM


Hi ochaye, and welcome to EvC.
Thank you.
quote:
I wonder what you think about other references to giants in the Bible. Do you think that only Gen 6:4 is speaking of tyrants, or do you think that other Biblical references to giants have similar explanations?
No, just this one. The scholarly consensus is that Genesis 1-11 is allegorical, being based on existing story myths. In Numbers 13 the context is obviously one of gigantism- "We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them." Now whether that refers to real giants, with a good slice of hyperbole thrown in, or whether it is a story to make a spiritual point, I would not like to say.

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ochaye
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Message 243 of 352 (501979)
03-09-2009 5:43 AM
Reply to: Message 242 by Granny Magda
03-08-2009 9:48 PM


Re: Nephilim
quote:
nphiyl means tyrant or villain
Every Hebrew lexicon indicates something like that.

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