Who Were the Nephilim?
The Hebrew term and its two biblical appearances, the range of interpretations, and why the "fallen ones" reading has ancient support.
The word "Nephilim" appears only twice in the Hebrew Bible — in Genesis 6:4 and Numbers 13:33 — yet few terms have generated more debate. Its root has long been associated with the idea of "the fallen," those who fall or cause others to fall.
The Genesis passage places the Nephilim in the context of the "sons of God" taking the "daughters of men." The most ancient interpretation, preserved in the Book of Enoch and echoed by early Jewish and Christian writers, reads the sons of God as angelic Watchers.
By Numbers 13, the returning spies invoke the same name to describe the giant clans of Canaan, tying the pre-Flood account to the peoples Israel would later confront.
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