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NASB | Genesis 6:4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 6:4 There were Nephilim (men of stature, notorious men) on the earth in those days--and also afterward--when the sons of God lived with the daughters of men, and they gave birth to their children. These were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown (great reputation, fame). [Num 13:33] |
Subject: Are the Nephilim descendants of Adam? |
Bible Note: Hi Tim good to here from you again first if you read Gen. 1:24 it says And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature (nephesh) after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. Now read Gen.2:7 7And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul ( nephesh). Creature and soul both come from the Hebrew word nephesh. Lets look at a few more verses were nephesh is man. Gen.9:5 5And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life(nephesh) of man. Gen.12:5 5And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls(nephesh) that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. Gen.14:21 21And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons,(nephesh) and take the goods to thyself. Ex.12:16 And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man(nephesh) must eat, that only may be done of you. The word nephesh appears 753 times in the OT and almost all (if not all ) deal with man. Now you bring out that the word nephesh in the Greek means psuche. Well lets look at this word in the NT. 1Co.15:45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul(psuche); the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. This is in direct relation to Gen.1:24 ,2:7 So you could say the first man Adam was made a living Nephesh. Mt 10:39 He that findeth his life(psuche,nephesh) shall lose it: and he that loseth his life(psuche,nephesh) for my sake shall find it. Psuche is used 105 times in the NT and again almost always in conection to man. So you can see by these two words nephesh and psuche that the living creature is man. Now as to the word ktisis lets look at it. It is used in Gods creative works , in the creation of the world and also of man. Ro.8:19-22 shows this very well For the earnest expectation of the creature(ktisis) waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. 20For the creature(ktisis) was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, 21Because the creature(ktisis) itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. 22For we know that the whole creation(ktisis) groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. So when I used this ktisis in Mk.16:15, Col.1:15,2Cor.5:17 it is to show how man is to be made into the image of God. From a natural man into a spiritual man. So then you have the living creature (natural man ) God takes this natural man and places him in the garden to be made into His image. Now you meantion the creation of Adam and Eve ,I have on another thread posted my view on who they are. I’ll give a very quick run down here Adam was a prophesy of Jesus Christ and Eve was a prophesy of us in Christ. If you would like me to repost these views here I would be happy to explain myself further.All scripture taken from the KJV. In Christ Scott |