The Nephilimwere on the earthin thosedays,and alsoafterward,whenthe sonsof Godcamein to the daughtersof men,and they bore[children] to them. Thosewere the mightymenwho[were] of old,menof renown.
They said,"Come,let us buildfor ourselves a city,and a towerwhose top[will reach] into heaven,and let us makefor ourselves a name,otherwisewe will be scatteredabroad overthe faceof the wholeearth."
"Therealso we sawthe Nephilim(the sonsof Anakare part of the Nephilim);and we becamelike grasshoppersin our own sight,and sowe were in their sight."
and they roseup beforeMoses,together with someof the sonsof Israel,two hundredand fiftyleadersof the congregation,chosenin the assembly,menof renown.
Like the Anakim,they are alsoregardedas Rephaim,but the Moabitescallthem Emim.
(For onlyOgkingof Bashanwas leftof the remnantof the Rephaim.Behold,his bedsteadwas an ironbedstead;it is in Rabbahof the sonsof Ammon.Its lengthwas ninecubitsand its widthfourcubitsby ordinarycubit.)
Then a championcameout from the armiesof the PhilistinesnamedGoliath,from Gath,whose heightwas sixcubitsand a span.
