Tyrants and Other Evil Leaders
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- Gen 6:4 The Nephilim were in the earth in those days (of apostasy) - the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
- The text does not claim that these were the offspring of the intermarriages (a view that has resulted in lots of weird interpretations). The Nephilim existed at the same time that these marriages were occurring (and while the marriages were producing children who did not follow the true God).
- These Nephilim were mighty and of renown, but not in a good way. They were leaders, perhaps tyrants, who led the people in rebellion against God. With the godly line becoming "diluted" or extinct, there was no resistance to their control. (The resistance would have to be on a spiritual level, to accomplish anything beneficial.)
- Gen 10:8-9 - Nimrod - a mighty one in the earth, a mighty hunter before Yahweh. Therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Yahweh."
- Gen 10:10-12 - We begin to get an idea of what is meant, when we see what this "hunting" resulted in: The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah, and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (the same is the great city).
- His "hunting" didn't involve going after animals, but after people - enslaving them. With these human slaves, he could build his cities. Many of these cities were in the area that is now called Iraq.
- The huge people seen by the spies - called "Nephilim" probably meaning "giants," with emphasis on their size; also "sons of Anak."
Unless otherwise noted, all notes and comments are © by Dennis Hinks.
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