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4Now giants were upon the earth in those days. For after the sons of God went in to the daughters of men, and they conceived, these became the powerful ones of ancient times, men of renown.

33And before the sons of Israel they disparaged the land, which they had inspected, saying: “The land, which we viewed, devours its inhabitants. The people, upon whom we gazed, were of lofty stature.

1And when men began to be multiplied upon the earth, and daughters were born to them, 2the sons of God, seeing that the daughters of men were beautiful, took to themselves wives from all whom they chose. 3And God said: “My spirit shall not remain in man forever, because he is flesh. And so his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.” 4Now giants were upon the earth in those days. For after the sons of God went in to the daughters of men, and they conceived, these became the powerful ones of ancient times, men of renown. 5Then God, seeing that the wickedness of men was great upon the earth and that every thought of their heart was intent upon evil at all times, 6repented that he had made man on the earth. And being touched inwardly with a sorrow of heart,

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1And when men began to be multiplied upon the earth, and daughters were born to them, 2the sons of God, seeing that the daughters of men were beautiful, took to themselves wives from all whom they chose. 3And God said: “My spirit shall not remain in man forever, because he is flesh. And so his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.” 4Now giants were upon the earth in those days. For after the sons of God went in to the daughters of men, and they conceived, these became the powerful ones of ancient times, men of renown.

6And truly, the Angels, who did not keep to their first place, but instead abandoned their own domiciles, he has reserved with perpetual chains under darkness, unto the great day of judgment.

6But on a certain day, when the sons of God came to attend in the presence of the Lord, Satan also arrived among them.

2the sons of God, seeing that the daughters of men were beautiful, took to themselves wives from all whom they chose.

11For only Og, the king of Bashan, was left behind out of the race of the giants. His bed of iron is on display, (it is in Rabbah, among the sons of Ammon) being nine cubits in length, and four in width, according to the measure of the cubit of a man’s hand.

4For God did not spare those Angels who sinned, but instead delivered them, as if dragged down by infernal ropes, into the torments of the underworld, to be reserved unto judgment.

6And truly, the Angels, who did not keep to their first place, but instead abandoned their own domiciles, he has reserved with perpetual chains under darkness, unto the great day of judgment. 7And also Sodom and Gomorrah, and the adjoining cities, in similar ways, having given themselves over to fornication and to the pursuing of other flesh, were made an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

30Amalek lives in the south. The Hethite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite live in the mountains. And truly, the Canaanite stays near the sea and around the streams of the Jordan.” 31During these events, Caleb, to restrain the murmuring of the people who rose up against Moses, said, “Let us ascend and possess the land, for we will be able to obtain it.” 32Yet truly, the others, who had been with him, were saying, “By no means are we able to ascend to this people, because they are stronger than we are.” 33And before the sons of Israel they disparaged the land, which they had inspected, saying: “The land, which we viewed, devours its inhabitants. The people, upon whom we gazed, were of lofty stature.

20A fourth battle was in Gath. In that place, there was a lofty man, who had six digits on each hand and each foot, that is, twenty-four in all, and he was from the origins of Arapha.

1And when men began to be multiplied upon the earth, and daughters were born to them, 2the sons of God, seeing that the daughters of men were beautiful, took to themselves wives from all whom they chose. 3And God said: “My spirit shall not remain in man forever, because he is flesh. And so his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.” 4Now giants were upon the earth in those days. For after the sons of God went in to the daughters of men, and they conceived, these became the powerful ones of ancient times, men of renown. 5Then God, seeing that the wickedness of men was great upon the earth and that every thought of their heart was intent upon evil at all times, 6repented that he had made man on the earth. And being touched inwardly with a sorrow of heart,

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1And when men began to be multiplied upon the earth, and daughters were born to them, 2the sons of God, seeing that the daughters of men were beautiful, took to themselves wives from all whom they chose. 3And God said: “My spirit shall not remain in man forever, because he is flesh. And so his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.” 4Now giants were upon the earth in those days. For after the sons of God went in to the daughters of men, and they conceived, these became the powerful ones of ancient times, men of renown. 5Then God, seeing that the wickedness of men was great upon the earth and that every thought of their heart was intent upon evil at all times, 6repented that he had made man on the earth. And being touched inwardly with a sorrow of heart,

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