Giants_in_the_Bible
Nephilims were on the earth, before and after the flood. Who are these giants? Were there other giant tribes and nations on the earth. How did they happen? A scriptural review on giants on earth.
Nephilims were on the earth, before and after the flood. Who are these giants? Were there other giant tribes and nations on the earth. How did they happen? A scriptural review on giants on earth.
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GIANTS IN THE BIBLE<br />
PROF. M. M. NINAN<br />
This is not part of <strong>the</strong> scripture but <strong>the</strong><br />
understand<strong>in</strong>g or explanation of Jewish<br />
Rabbi.<br />
At any rate at least some of Jewish tradition<br />
object to <strong>the</strong> Sethic l<strong>in</strong>e as sons of God.<br />
The major problem <strong>in</strong> this argument of Sons<br />
of God as Sethic l<strong>in</strong>e and Sons of Man as<br />
Ca<strong>in</strong>ites is <strong>the</strong> fact we have corroboration to<br />
<strong>the</strong> identity of Sethic l<strong>in</strong>e Noah hav<strong>in</strong>g<br />
married <strong>the</strong> Ca<strong>in</strong>ite Naamah. Hence we<br />
should expect <strong>the</strong> whole mank<strong>in</strong>d has got <strong>the</strong><br />
Nephillim gene. God has not killed all those<br />
violators and on <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r hand chose one to<br />
cont<strong>in</strong>ue <strong>the</strong> human l<strong>in</strong>e and to fill <strong>the</strong> earth<br />
with <strong>the</strong>m!!<br />
Genesis 5 gives us <strong>the</strong> genealogy of Seth<br />
which ends with Noah and Genesis 4 gives<br />
us <strong>the</strong> genealogy of Ca<strong>in</strong> which ends with a woman named Naamah.<br />
The sons of God saw that <strong>the</strong> daughters of men were fair and took <strong>the</strong>m as wives (Genesis 6:2), and<br />
Noah was one of <strong>the</strong>se “sons of God” and <strong>the</strong> “daughter of man” that Noah took for a wife was named<br />
Naamah from <strong>the</strong> l<strong>in</strong>e of Ca<strong>in</strong>, Daughter of Lamech through his wife Zillah and <strong>the</strong> sister of Tubal Ca<strong>in</strong>.<br />
Then Lamech took for himself two wives: <strong>the</strong> name of one was Adah, and <strong>the</strong> name of <strong>the</strong> second was<br />
Zillah. And Adah bore Jabal . . . his bro<strong>the</strong>r’s name was Jubal . . . And as for Zillah, she also bore<br />
Tubal-Ca<strong>in</strong> . . . and <strong>the</strong> sister of Tubal-Ca<strong>in</strong> was Naamah. (Genesis 4:19–22)<br />
The early Jewish midrash Genesis Rabba (23.3) identifies this Naamah (<strong>the</strong> daughter of Lamech and<br />
sister of Tubal-ca<strong>in</strong>) as <strong>the</strong> wife of Noah (see Rashi's commentary on Genesis 4:22). It is also found<br />
<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> controversial book of Jasher. 11th-century Jewish commentator Rashi <strong>in</strong> his commentary on<br />
Genesis 4:22. also confirms this. Rabbi Abba bar Kahanah said: Na'amah was <strong>the</strong> wife of Noah, and<br />
why was she called Na'amah (pleasant one)? S<strong>in</strong>ce her deeds were pleas<strong>in</strong>g , and our rabbis said:<br />
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