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Biblical Principle #59: Giants Return After the Flood

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Principle

Giant humans (Nephilim) arise after the flood.

Explanation

We have previously established how, before the flood, human DNA was corrupted when angels married and bore children through human women.

These original giants, known as Nephilim, were evil, violent warriors. Their wickedness, Scripture indicates, was a major influence in the spread of evil leading to GOD’s decision to flood the world and start over.

While Noah and his wife were of pure human DNA, Noah’s son Ham’s wife apparently had polluted angelic-human blood. For as soon as the Genesis account of Noah’s genealogy begins, we see a return of the giant Nephilim.

1 Now this is the genealogy of Noah’s sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and sons were born to them after the flood.

2 The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Elisa, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

3 The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. 4 The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittim, and Rhodians. 5 From these the coastal nations were separated into their lands, each according to his language, in their tribes and nations.

6 The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. 7 The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabtechah; and the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.

8 Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a giant on the earth. 9 He was a giant, a hunter before the Lord God; therefore they would say, “As Nimrod the giant, the hunter before the Lord.”

10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11 From that land he went to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah, 12 and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (the principal city). 13 Mizraim begot Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, 14 Pathrusim, and Casluhim (from whom came the Philistines and the Caphtorim). 15 Canaan begot Sidon his firstborn, and the Chettite; 16 the Jebusite, the Amorite, and the Girgashite; 17 the Hivite, the Arkite, and the Sinite; 18 the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. Afterward, the tribes of the Canaanites were dispersed. 19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon as you go toward Gerar, as far as Gaza; then as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha. 20 These were the sons of Ham, according to their tribes, according to their languages, in their countries and in their nations.

Genesis 10:1-20 OSB

Let’s take a quick inventory of Ham’s descendants’ influence:

  1. Nimrod is the first post-flood giant (Nephilim).
  2. Nimrod founded the ancient city of Nineveh and the Babylonian kingdom.
  3. Mizraim is the forefather of the Philistines, from whom came the famous giant Goliath who was defeated by David.
  4. Canaan is the forefather of the Canaanites, whose wickedness brought GOD to use Israel to punish and largely destroy.
  5. The Canaanites appear to have been the original builders of Sodom and Gomorrah, the wicked cities GOD destroyed during Abraham’s lifetime.

Most of the post-flood biblical references to giants (Nephilim) were Canaanites, but all of them were descendants of Ham. There is no biblical evidence that angels mated with human women again after the flood. Therefore, we must conclude that the post-flood giants were the result of Ham’s wife being of partially-angelic descent.

These post-flood Nephilim play a big role in the Bible story.

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9 responses to “Biblical Principle #59: Giants Return After the Flood”

  1. Manuel Torres Torres Avatar
    Manuel Torres Torres

    Porque si Dios sabía que la mujer de Cam tenía sangre angelical le permite entrar al arca???

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    1. Tim Harris Avatar
      Tim Harris

      Great question! We are confident that GOD knew Ham’s wife had angelic blood because GOD has total knowledge and awareness at any moment. Ham’s wife was saved because she had faith; she got on the ark.

      As you probably know, we are not told in Scripture whether Ham knew that his wife had angelic blood before they were married, and, as for Ham’s wife, we can have grace for her because, not only did she have faith in getting on the ark, but just like each of us, she had no choice in who her parents were and thus no guilt for their or their parents’ choices, dating back to whichever woman bore her Nephilim ancestor.

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      1. Ceferino Abrego Malori Avatar
        Ceferino Abrego Malori

        Quiero aprender el misterio de la Biblia

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        1. Tim Harris Avatar
          Tim Harris

          This comment, without further context, could mean many things. What mystery from the Bible are you referring to that you would like to learn?

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  2. Ceferino Abrego Malori Avatar
    Ceferino Abrego Malori

    Soy servidor del Cristo

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  3. Paul Avatar
    Paul

    ¿Entonces, a los angeles y humanas también les nacieron hijas, no solamente varones, y el gigantismo solo aplica al nacimiento de varones?

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    1. Tim Harris Avatar
      Tim Harris

      Hi Paul,

      This is a great question! For other site readers, here is the (Google) translation of Paul’s question:

      “So, angels and humans also had daughters, not just sons, and gigantism only applies to the birth of males?”

      Based on all evidence that I have seen, the angels who married human women only fathered sons (the original Nephilim). It is possible that daughters were also born to those angels and their wives, but I have not read anything about that. However, those original giant half-angelic Nephilim apparently fathered sons and daughters.

      It appears that, as the amount of angelic DNA diluted in their descendant humans’ blood over generations, their size decreased closer to human norms, albeit continuing to be described as giants throughout the Old Testament references.

      Based on the fact that Noah’s family were the only humans left after the flood, that we have no evidence of a second round of angels pulling the same sinful coup (mating with women), and yet the Old Testament Scriptures mention the presence of Nephilim giants after the flood, I can only conclude that Ham’s wife was a descendent of one of the original Nephilim-fathering angels. The post-flood Nephilim were Canaanites, coming through Ham’s lineage.

      I hope this helps.

      Blessings,

      Tim

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  4. Paul Avatar
    Paul

    ¿Como es que la esposa de cam tenga ADN angelical? … No era gigante, ahora los hijos de los angeles y humanas eran híbridos, por tanto no podían reproducirse, por tanto¿Cómo llegó el ADN angelical en la esposa de Cam?…la única respuesta podría ser que la esposa de cam sea hija híbrida, para tener ADN angelical.

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    1. Tim Harris Avatar
      Tim Harris

      (Comment translated to English by Google Translate for other readers):

      How did Ham’s wife have angelic DNA? … He wasn’t a giant; the children of angels and humans were hybrids, therefore they couldn’t reproduce. So how did Ham’s wife get angelic DNA?… The only answer could be that Ham’s wife is a hybrid, to have angelic DNA.

      Here is a walkthrough of how I reached my conclusion regarding Ham’s wife:

      • A subset of angels rebelled against GOD, abandoning their positions and marrying human women.
      • These angels’ wives bore sons, the original Nephilim. These sons were the largest and most disruptive giants because they had 50% angel DNA (from their father).
      • These original Nephilim committed great violence and apparently contributed to the vast increase of sin on earth.
      • The flood drowned those Nephilim along with all humanity except for the 8 souls on the ark.
      • After the flood, we see, once again, Scripture mentioning the existence of giants and even Nephilim specifically.
      • There are two possibilities for post-flood Nephilim to exist.
      • Possibility #1 is that additional angels repeated the sin of the original pre-flood human-marrying angels.
      • Possibility #2 is that one of the people on the ark had “tainted” part-angelic blood.
      • My calculation is that there unfolded a minimum of 85 years between when GOD chose to flood the world and when Noah entered the ark. (Genesis 5:32 says Noah was 500 years old when he had all three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. To take the shortest timeframe, if Genesis 5:32 means this is when Noah had the first son, Shem, then at least 15 years would have passed before the youngest, Japheth, would have been old enough to marry.)
      • But I believe that Genesis 6:3 is telling us that GOD decided 120 years before the flood—when Noah was 480 years old—that He was going to wipe out all of creation, partly (if not mostly) due to the evil of the original Nephilim. [I believe Ezekiel 32:23-24 LXX refers to these Nephilim along with other men of that day, “…who went down into the depth of the earth, and who caused their terror to be in the land of the living. … Meshech and Tubal and all their strength were put there around about his grave. All his slain men, all the uncircumcised slain by the sword, who spread their terror in the land of the living, are there. They sleep in death with the mighty men who fell of old, who went down to Hades with their weapons of war.” This description parallels Genesis 6:4’s description of the original Nephilim, “… the mighty men of old, men of renown.”]
      • Solely from a time perspective, a period upwards of ~85 to 120 years (between the original Nephilim’s birth and the flood) would have been sufficient time for one or more generations to be born (to the original Nephilim).
      • I think Possibility #1 is unlikely. The angels who fathered the original Nephilim were imprisoned where they waited for the judgment (see 1 Peter 3:18-20; 2 Peter 2:4). If a second round of angels had committed the same human-marrying sin after the first angels were imprisoned, I feel confident that Scripture would mention that.
      • If no angels fathered more Nephilim after the flood, then Possibility #2 is that someone on the ark was a descendent of one of those original angels.
      • We know that Noah, Noah’s wife, Shem and Shem’s wife were of untainted human blood because it is through them that Christ was born. And we know Jesus was/is fully human (while also being fully GOD)—Jesus is zero percent angel creation.
      • If Noah and Noah’s wife were pure human, then Ham and Japheth also must have been pure human.
      • This leaves Ham’s wife and Japheth’s wife as the suspects.
      • Genesis 10:18 informs us that the Canaanites came through Ham’s lineage.
      • The Nephilim after the flood, and those mentioned as giants, were Canaanite descendants.
      • Since we do not see Nephilim or giants mentioned from Japheth’s lineage, we may safely infer that Japheth’s wife was of full human descent.
      • Because the post-flood Nephilim were from Ham’s lineage, we are left to conclude that Ham’s wife must have been born a descendant of the original Nephilim-fathering angels.
      • This conclusion leaves us with two possibilities regarding Ham’s wife’s ancestors: Either Ham’s wife’s father was one of the Nephilim-fathering angels, or Ham’s wife’s was a grandchild of one of these Nephilim-fathering angels.
      • Since (a.) nothing special is mentioned about Ham’s wife, and (b.) Scripture does not mention the original Nephilim-fathering angels having daughters, I conclude that Ham’s wife was probably fathered by an original Nephilim or one of the original Nephilim’s children. In other words, based upon an 85-120-year timeframe, Ham’s wife would have been somewhere between 1 and 3 generations removed from the original Nephilim-fathering angels.
      • If we take the position, as I do, that, following the flood, there was no reoccurrence of angels leaving their post to marry more human women, then we are left with the only possibility being that the original Nephilim could father children, despite having half-angelic blood. After all, if those first angels could father children (the angels themselves having zero human blood), it stands to reason that those angels’ sons (or daughters, if any existed) could also father (or bear) children.

      I hope this is helpful. Blessings.

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