Genesis 6:4 “The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—whe…”

Genesis 6:4

The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

World English Bible

The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when God’s sons came in to men’s daughters and had children with them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.

American Standard Version

The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them: the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.

Geneva Bible 1599

There were gyants in the earth in those dayes: yea, and after that the sonnes of God came vnto the daughters of men, and they had borne them children, these were mightie men, which in olde time were men of renoume.

Darby Translation

In those days were the giants on the earth, and also afterwards, when the sons of God had come in to the daughters of men, and they had borne [children] to them; these were the heroes, who of old were men of renown.

Young's Literal Translation

The fallen ones were in the earth in those days, and even afterwards when sons of God come in unto daughters of men, and they have borne to them — they [are] the heroes, who, from of old, [are] the men of name.

Bible in Basic English

There were men of great strength and size on the earth in those days; and after that, when the sons of God had connection with the daughters of men, they gave birth to children: these were the great men of old days, the men of great name.

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Cross references

“giants”

Numbers 13:33 Deuteronomy 3:11 1 Samuel 17:4 2 Samuel 21:15–22 Deuteronomy 2:20 Deuteronomy 2:21

Numbers 13:33 · BSB

We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak that come from the Nephilim! We seemed like grasshoppers in our own sight, and we must have seemed the same to them!”

Deuteronomy 3:11 · BSB

(For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)

1 Samuel 17:4 · BSB

Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,

2 Samuel 21:15–22 · BSB

Once again the Philistines waged war against Israel, and David and his servants went down and fought against the Philistines. But David became exhausted.

Deuteronomy 2:20 · BSB

(That too was regarded as the land of the Rephaim, who used to live there, though the Ammonites called them Zamzummites.

Deuteronomy 2:21 · BSB

They were a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites. But the LORD destroyed them from before the Ammonites, who drove them out and settled in their place,

“men of”

Numbers 16:2 Genesis 11:4

Numbers 16:2 · BSB

a rebellion against Moses, along with 250 men of Israel renowned as leaders of the congregation and representatives in the assembly.

Genesis 11:4 · BSB

“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”

5Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.

Read Genesis 6