Study it in the app“The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of Elohim went in to the daughters of human beings and they bore children to them; they were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.”
The Nephilimהַנְּפִלִיםwereהָיוּon the earthבָאָרֶץin thoseהָהֵםdays,בַּיָּמִיםand alsoוְגַםafterward,אַחֲרֵי כֵןwhenאֲשֶׁרthe sonsבְּנֵיof Elohimהָאֱלֹהִיםwent inיָבֹאוּto the daughtersאֶל בְּנוֹתof human beingsהָאָדָםand they boreוְיָלְדוּchildrento them;לָהֶםtheyהֵמָּהwerethe mighty menהַגִּבֹּרִיםwhoאֲשֶׁרwereof old,מֵעוֹלָםmenאַנְשֵׁיof renown.הַשֵּׁם
Nephilim
Nephilim: a Hebrew word this translation leaves untranslated because its meaning is not known for certain. It occurs only in Genesis 6:4 and Numbers 13:33, where people of great stature are spoken of; so some Bibles put "giants".
Where else “nefilim” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appearsearth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appearstime
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsheavenly beings
Heavenly beings, higher than humans.
Where else “elohim” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “benot” appearshuman being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appearsbear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “yaldu” appearswarrior
A brave warrior, or a capable man.
Where else “giborim” appearsof old
The times of the forefathers, far back in the past.
Where else “olam” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appearsrenown
Fame, good name.
Where else “shem” appearsThe word Nephilim appears again only in Numbers 13:33. Its meaning is not known with certainty.
3And YHWH said, “My spirit will not remain in the human being forever, for he also is flesh; and his days will be a hundred and twenty years.”
4 · This verse (above)
5And YHWH saw that the wickedness of the human being was great on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the day.
1. What it says
What did YHWH see on the earth, and what did Elohim tell Noah to do (vv. 5, 13-14)?
2. What it means
Why does the text say Noah found favor in the eyes of YHWH (vv. 8-9)?
3. How I live it
What good thing can you keep doing steadily even if those around you do not understand it, as Noah did (v. 22)?
