And are they still among us??? Ooooh
@Jerome..Why, thank you
Chosen Answer:
Genesis 6:1-8 forms the introduction to the story of the great Flood. It is in two sections, the first of which had no original connection with the Flood narrative. However, the author uses both sections to explain why God sent the deluge.
The first section Genesis 6:1-4 gives a brief summary of an ancient myth that relates how divine beings mated with human women and produced offspring.
In Hebrew thought, the human and the divine ought not to be confused, so these children violate the whole structure of the world. As punishment, God frustrates any attempt on humanity’s part to attain divinity and immortality by declaring “my spirit shall not abide in mortals forever”, and restricting their lifespan to 120 years.
The children are described as “mighty men of old”, who appear in a later chapter as the embodiment of absolute power in the ancient world. But they are also described as “Nephilim”, which probably means “fallen ones”. This is one source of the myth of the fallen angels that plays a prominent part in such books as Enoch and Jubilees, works that stand outside the Bible and Apocrypha. Jewish thought came to see these angels, rather than the sin of Adam, as the source of sin in the world.
The second section (Genesis 6:3-8) presents a picture of universal wickedness and evil that is the climax of humanity’s increasing degeneracy.
by: Ceisiwr
on: 8th January 13