Misconceptions About the Nephilim

Misconception: The Nephilim were fallen angels.

Fact: The context of Genesis 6:4 indicates that the Nephilim were, not angels, but hybrid offspring born from sexual relations between angels and women. After the angels "began taking as wives all whom they chose," Jehovah said that in 120 years he would take action against the ungodly world of that time. (Genesis 6:1-3) The account adds that "in those days," the materialized angels" continued to have relations with the daughters of men" and the produced "the mighty ones of old times," the Nephilim. - Genesis 6:4.

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