Genesis 6:4

New International Reader's Version

The Nephilim were on the earth in those days. That was when the sons of God went to the daughters of human beings. Children were born to them. The Nephilim were famous heroes who lived long ago. Nephilim were also on the earth later on.

Cross References

Genesis 11:4

Then they said, “Come on! Let’s build a city for ourselves. Let’s build a tower that reaches to the sky. We’ll make a name for ourselves. Then we won’t be scattered over the whole earth.”

Numbers 13:33

We saw the Nephilim there. We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes. And that’s also how we seemed to them.” The family line of Anak came from the Nephilim.

Numbers 16:2

All those men rose up against Moses. And 250 men of Israel joined them. All of them were known as leaders in the community. They had been appointed as members of the ruling body.

Deuteronomy 2:11

Like the Anakites, they too were thought of as Rephaites. But the Moabites called them Emites.

Deuteronomy 3:11

Og, the king of Bashan, was the only Rephaite left. His bed was decorated with iron. It was more than 13 feet long and six feet wide. It is still in the Ammonite city of Rabbah.

1 Samuel 17:4

A mighty hero named Goliath came out of the Philistine camp. He was from Gath. He was more than nine feet tall.