Genesis 6:4

¶ 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.

There were giants {H5303} in the earth {H776} in those days {H3117}; and also after {H310} that {H3651}, when {H834} the sons {H1121} of God {H430} came in {H935} unto the daughters {H1323} of men {H120}, and they bare {H3205} children to them, the same {H1992} became mighty men {H1368} which were of old {H5769}, men {H582} of renown {H8034}.

The N’filim were on the earth in those days, and also afterwards, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them; these were the ancient heroes, men of renown.

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.

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.

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Cross-References

  • Numbers 13:33 (22 votes)

    And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, [which come] of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.

  • 2 Samuel 21:15 (15 votes)

    ¶ Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint.

  • 2 Samuel 21:22 (15 votes)

    These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

  • 1 Samuel 17:4 (14 votes)

    And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height [was] six cubits and a span.

  • Deuteronomy 3:11 (14 votes)

    For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead [was] a bedstead of iron; [is] it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits [was] the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.

  • Deuteronomy 2:20 (12 votes)

    (That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;

  • Deuteronomy 2:21 (12 votes)

    A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead: