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The Nephilim[a] were on the earth both in those days and afterwards, when the sons of God came to the daughters of mankind, who bore children to them. They were the powerful men of old, the famous men.

Judgement Decreed

When the Lord saw that human wickedness was widespread on the earth and that every inclination of the human mind was nothing but evil all the time,(A) the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth,(B) and he was deeply grieved.

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Footnotes

  1. 6:4 Possibly means ‘fallen ones’; traditionally, ‘giants’; Nm 13:31–33