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Nefilim


Excerpted form an interview with Zacharia Sitchin.

Zacharia Sitchin: When I was nine or ten years old, studying the Old Testament in its original language of Hebrew, we reached chapter six of Genesis. This chapter describes the beginning of the deluge-the great flood, which includes Noah and the Ark. Only when you read it in its original language do you understand what it really says.

It begins not with the story of Noah himself and what happened, but with a preamble of some eight verses that are obvious remnants of a much older and different text than the ensuing story of Noah and the Ark. These eight verses have been the delight of Sunday preachers because they talk about the reasons for the deluge and why God became angry with humankind. It says that at the time just before the great flood there were giants upon the Earth who married the daughters of men and had children by them.

In class, I raised my hand and said, "Excuse me teacher. Why do you say giants when the word in Hebrew is "nefilim," which means "those who have come down or descended"-because it speaks like they were sons of the gods, who came from Heaven to Earth." I was expecting to be complimented for my linguistic acumen, but instead I was reprimanded harshly. The teacher ordered me to sit down, and not to question the Bible. I was not questioning the Bible. On the contrary, I was trying to bring out the need to understand precisely what the Bible says.

Full Interview Here

 

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