Jim_from_the_South
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I needed to refresh my memory and rewrite a new chapter (the FINAL one in my book, which I am now editing for publication!!), so I thought I might share it with you here, since it applies to our topics.
We certainly can be assured that the Nephilim did not represent Angels, since
Jesus assures us that Angels neither Marry nor take someone in Marriage,
and his is, after all, the last word on the subject.
The Hebrews told us that the Nephilim were the "fallen ones", the sons of God, or the
sons of the gods, depending upon your outlook, and thus we might easily assign them the role of the sons of the sky gods, of Sumerian fame, who fell, or dropped from the skies, in order to take an Earthly woman for a wife.
Interestingly, the Hebrew Old Testament was written without vowels, which were
added perhaps a thousand years later, and so their Nephilim was actually N-P-L
with the "im" added to signify that it was a plural, since there were more than one.
How did all of the surrounding cultures, both prior to the Hebrews entering
the land of Canaan and during their early days in Canaan, define this NPL?
Ugaritic: ( a precursor to Canaanite ) NPL, ‘to fall’; fall to the ground, fall off a horse, fall from power , Example: the goddess Anat in Ugaritic myth ... npl ar~ he fell to the underworld.
Hebrew: From the root (n-p-l), forming words relating to falling.
Aramaic npl : to fall; ex: the moth fell into the snake's dwelling.
Classical Syriac: to fall, fall, falling, also: piece, bit, scrap, fragment
Akkadian roots npl for napalu(m) and napalsuhu, "to fall to the ground"
So there is quite a bit of evidence for "Nephilim" indicating a son of the gods who
descended from the skies, and very little to support the idea of "giants" but I will
not speak against the idea of giants at this time, since the Nephilim were often
described as being mighty, powerful, important, and large in stature.
Here is the passage from the Masoretic Text Old Testament in Hebrew , and this
translation is by sweet King James and company:
(Genesis 6:1-2) 1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2 That the sons of Elohim saw the daughters of men that they [were] fair and they took them wives of all which they chose.
Wow, that almost sounds like it could be a love story. But is it?
Here are each of the original Hebrew words in Genesis 6:2 translated by lines:
and, therefore, yet, then
to look at, see, regard, learn about, observe, watch
plus the prefix Yud meaning he, they will
sons, grandsons, children, members of a group
the, this
gods (Elohim) plural of God
daughter, girl,
the, this,
man, human being
that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that
good, pleasant, agreeable (to the senses)
they, these, the same, who
and, therefore, also, then, yet
to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy,
bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away (from a primitive root meaning to take )
to, for, towards, belonging to, in regard to, according to, plus the suffix her + their
woman, wife, female
a part, from, out of
all, the whole, each, every, anything
which, who, that which,
to choose, elect, decide for
So with all apologies to King James, what we have is something more like:
And therefore they will observe, these sons of God,
the daughters of the humans,
because (they were) pleasant, agreeable.
They therefore snatched her for their woman/wife,
which they had selected from the whole.
They may have made them their wives, and certainly their females, but
the text speaks of taking hold of their choice out of the ones available,
and does not seem to indicate that this was with the consent of the chosen ones.
In fact, it sounds suspiciously similar to a modern-day alien abduction scenario.
They watched, they picked one (or more), they snatched them up.
This is by no means a complete list, but here are four steps common to
the events that abductees have associated with their abductions:
1. observation
2. target selection
3. abduction
4. women in particular
UFOs are frequently observed either by the abductees themselves or by others in
the immediate vicinity of an upcoming abduction event. (1) They watch the scene.
Aliens then circle a house or make a landing nearby, select someone to abduct, (2)
and this is most often a female, snatch them, (3) take samples of their ovum and DNA,
(4) and sometimes decide to use them to create hybrid alien-human babies.
So let's look at this verse in Genesis once more:
Genesis 6:2
And therefore they will observe, (1) these sons of God,
the daughters of the humans,
because (they were) pleasant, agreeable.
They therefore snatched (3) her for their woman/wife, (4)
which they had selected (2) from the whole.
And now we have the opportunity to examine this with fresh eyes, and
a calm head, and decide whether or not this was actually the first
written report of an abduction by extraterrestrials.
Thoughts, comments, cries of anti-Christ, torches anyone?
We certainly can be assured that the Nephilim did not represent Angels, since
Jesus assures us that Angels neither Marry nor take someone in Marriage,
and his is, after all, the last word on the subject.
The Hebrews told us that the Nephilim were the "fallen ones", the sons of God, or the
sons of the gods, depending upon your outlook, and thus we might easily assign them the role of the sons of the sky gods, of Sumerian fame, who fell, or dropped from the skies, in order to take an Earthly woman for a wife.
Interestingly, the Hebrew Old Testament was written without vowels, which were
added perhaps a thousand years later, and so their Nephilim was actually N-P-L
with the "im" added to signify that it was a plural, since there were more than one.
How did all of the surrounding cultures, both prior to the Hebrews entering
the land of Canaan and during their early days in Canaan, define this NPL?
Ugaritic: ( a precursor to Canaanite ) NPL, ‘to fall’; fall to the ground, fall off a horse, fall from power , Example: the goddess Anat in Ugaritic myth ... npl ar~ he fell to the underworld.
Hebrew: From the root (n-p-l), forming words relating to falling.
Aramaic npl : to fall; ex: the moth fell into the snake's dwelling.
Classical Syriac: to fall, fall, falling, also: piece, bit, scrap, fragment
Akkadian roots npl for napalu(m) and napalsuhu, "to fall to the ground"
So there is quite a bit of evidence for "Nephilim" indicating a son of the gods who
descended from the skies, and very little to support the idea of "giants" but I will
not speak against the idea of giants at this time, since the Nephilim were often
described as being mighty, powerful, important, and large in stature.
Here is the passage from the Masoretic Text Old Testament in Hebrew , and this
translation is by sweet King James and company:
(Genesis 6:1-2) 1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2 That the sons of Elohim saw the daughters of men that they [were] fair and they took them wives of all which they chose.
Wow, that almost sounds like it could be a love story. But is it?
Here are each of the original Hebrew words in Genesis 6:2 translated by lines:
and, therefore, yet, then
to look at, see, regard, learn about, observe, watch
plus the prefix Yud meaning he, they will
sons, grandsons, children, members of a group
the, this
gods (Elohim) plural of God
daughter, girl,
the, this,
man, human being
that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that
good, pleasant, agreeable (to the senses)
they, these, the same, who
and, therefore, also, then, yet
to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy,
bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away (from a primitive root meaning to take )
to, for, towards, belonging to, in regard to, according to, plus the suffix her + their
woman, wife, female
a part, from, out of
all, the whole, each, every, anything
which, who, that which,
to choose, elect, decide for
So with all apologies to King James, what we have is something more like:
And therefore they will observe, these sons of God,
the daughters of the humans,
because (they were) pleasant, agreeable.
They therefore snatched her for their woman/wife,
which they had selected from the whole.
They may have made them their wives, and certainly their females, but
the text speaks of taking hold of their choice out of the ones available,
and does not seem to indicate that this was with the consent of the chosen ones.
In fact, it sounds suspiciously similar to a modern-day alien abduction scenario.
They watched, they picked one (or more), they snatched them up.
This is by no means a complete list, but here are four steps common to
the events that abductees have associated with their abductions:
1. observation
2. target selection
3. abduction
4. women in particular
UFOs are frequently observed either by the abductees themselves or by others in
the immediate vicinity of an upcoming abduction event. (1) They watch the scene.
Aliens then circle a house or make a landing nearby, select someone to abduct, (2)
and this is most often a female, snatch them, (3) take samples of their ovum and DNA,
(4) and sometimes decide to use them to create hybrid alien-human babies.
So let's look at this verse in Genesis once more:
Genesis 6:2
And therefore they will observe, (1) these sons of God,
the daughters of the humans,
because (they were) pleasant, agreeable.
They therefore snatched (3) her for their woman/wife, (4)
which they had selected (2) from the whole.
And now we have the opportunity to examine this with fresh eyes, and
a calm head, and decide whether or not this was actually the first
written report of an abduction by extraterrestrials.
Thoughts, comments, cries of anti-Christ, torches anyone?
