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Originally Posted by Brother Tim
Giants existed before the union of "sons of God" and "daughters of men". The verse cannot be more simple. "and also after that"
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It's not that simple, BT. I have read it three different ways.
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6:4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
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1)The way you just read it (and there is no evidence anywhere else in scripture that would support your reading, and the structure of the sentence doesn't support your reading, either)
2) the common reading that it means also after those days (described in Gen 1-2) there were giants after that. As for this second more common reading, we don't need this verse to tell us that the nephilim continued after this because other scriptures relating to the Jews driving out the inhabitants of the promised land make it clear enough. And I think you are right that this verse isn't saying what is usually attributed to it.
3)a third (and I think correct) reading is that in the sentence segment "
and also after that" the word "
that"
refers back to the preceding part of the sentence as well as to the next section directly after the comma "when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them". The word "
after"
refers to "the same became the mighty men of old, men of renown".
What is 'that" referring to? It's referring to the account of the sons of God coming in to the daughters of men, and they bare children to them.
What is the "after that" referring to? It's referring to these "same" who became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.