posted on Nov, 8 2007 @ 02:21 PM
ENOCH 6
1 And it came to pass when the children of men had multiplied that in those days were born unto
2 them beautiful and comely daughters. And the angels, the children of the heaven, saw and lusted after them, and said to one another: 'Come, let us
choose us wives from among the children of men
3 and beget us children.' And Semjaza, who was their leader, said unto them: 'I fear ye will not
4 indeed agree to do this deed, and I alone shall have to pay the penalty of a great sin.' And they all answered him and said: 'Let us all swear an
oath, and all bind ourselves by mutual imprecations
5 not to abandon this plan but to do this thing.' Then sware they all together and bound themselves
6 by mutual imprecations upon it. And they were in all two hundred; who descended in the days of Jared on the summit of Mount Hermon . . .
JUBILEES 5
1 And it came to pass when the children of men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born unto them, that the angels of God
saw them on a certain year of this jubilee, that they were beautiful to look upon; and they took themselves wives of all whom they
2 chose, and they bare unto them sons and they were giants. And lawlessness increased on the earth and all flesh corrupted its way, alike men and
cattle and beasts and birds and everything that walks on the earth – all of them corrupted their ways and their orders, and they began to devour
each other, and lawlessness increased on the earth and every imagination of the thoughts of all men
3 (was) thus evil continually . . .
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on possible origins of this Hebrew word: nephilim
The etymology of nepilim is uncertain, the following explanations have been advanced with mixed reception. First, it may derive from the niphal of
the verb pala, meaning "be extraordinary," i.e., "extraordinary men." Second, it may be derived from the verb napal, "fall," in one of the
following senses: (1) the "fallen ones" – from heaven, i.e., supernatural beings; (2) morally "fallen men"; (3) "those who fall upon," in the
sense of invaders or hostile, violent men; (4) "those who fell by" the sword (cf. Ezk. 32:20f.); (5) "unnaturally begotten men" or bastards (from
cf. nepel, "abortion" or "miscarriage"). (pp. 518-519, vol. 3)
First, let's look at all of the Old Testament references to "sons of God." This phrase is translated from the Hebrew beney 'elohim (בני
אלהים), beney ha'elohim (בני האלהים), and beney 'elim (בני אלים):
GENESIS 6:1 When men began to increase on earth and daughters were born to them, 2 the divine beings [beney ha'elohim] saw how beautiful the
daughters of men were and took wives from among those that pleased them. 3 The LORD said, "My breath shall not abide in man forever, since he too is
flesh; let the days allowed him be one hundred and twenty years." 4 It was then, and later too, that the Nephilim appeared on earth when the divine
beings [beney ha'elohim] cohabited with the daughters of men, who bore them offspring. They were the heroes of old, the men of renown. (Tanakh, the
new Jewish Publication Society translation according to the traditional Hebrew text)
DEUTERONOMY 32:8 When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when He separated the sons of men, He fixed the bounds of the peoples
according to the number of the sons of God [beney 'elohim]. (RSV)
Let us for a moment look at that last passage from Deuteronomy, "When the Most high gave to the nations their inheritance", so in other words when
the Ruler of the Empire was dispersing the goods of the empire, "He separated the sons of men, He fixed the bounds of the peoples according to the
number of the sons of God [beney 'elohim]" meaning the bounty in which the people were alotted was based off of how many members of the land
belonged to the Royal Leaders group the Sons of the Elohim.