Questions tagged [nephilim]

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The angels created the Nephilim once (Genesis 6:4); could not other fallen angels do it again?

This question is one I have thought a lot about. In Genesis 6:2, the fallen angels came down and created the Nephilim. After that, God caused the flood and the Nephilim were presumably all destroyed. Then Lot in Sodom and the angels in human form…
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Regarding the previous question," Why is עֲרוּמִּ֔ים (Gen 2:25) translated "naked,"

Regarding the previous question: Why is עֲרוּמִּ֔ים (Gen 2:25) translated "naked," and in the very next verse its singular form, עָר֔וּם (Gen 3:1), is translated "crafty/shrewd?" Could it be possible that the meaning is actually closer to the…