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Research Resources: Nephilim and Anakim in Genesis 6 and Numbers 13

GENESIS SIX TWO
Hereinafter is how various translations render Genesis 6:2.

“sons of God” in the AKJV, AMP, AMPC, ASV, BRG, CJB, DARBY, DRA, ERV, ESV, ESVUK, EXB, GNV, GW, HCSB, ICB, JUB, KJ21, KJV, LEB, MSG, MEV, NABRE, NASB, NCV, NET, NIRV, NIV, NIVUK, NKJV, NLV, NLT, NRSV, NRSVA, NRSVACE, NRSVCE, RSV, RSVCE, TLV, VOICE, WYC, YLT “God’s sons” WEB “divine beings” CEB, ISV “beings from the spirit world” TLB “supernatural being” CEV “heavenly beings” GNT “sons of Elohim” NOG “bnei HaElohim” OJB The Geneva bible has “sons of God” (commenting “children of the godly who began to degenerate”) The JPS (1917) has “sons of God” The Peshita Targum has “sons of God”

Targum Onkelos has “sons of the mighty” (footnote, “Bnei rabrebaia. The Samaritan Version reads, ‘sons of the rulers.’”)

The Palestinian Targum has, be saturated with Jewish folklore and paraphrases, has “sons of the great” genesis206-6184874

GENESIS SIX FOUR
Hereinafter is how various translations render Genesis 6:4.

“giants…sons of God” AKJV, AMPC, BRG, DARBY, DRA, GNV, JUB, KJ21, KJV, MSG, NKJV “Nephilim…sons of God” ASV, ESV, ESVUK, EXB, GW, HCSB, ICB, LEB, MEV, NABRE, NASB, NCV, NET, NIRV, NIV, NIVUK, NRSV, NRSVA, NRSVACE, NRSVCE, RSV, RSVCE, TLV “Nephilim (men of stature, notorious men)…sons of God” AMP “giants…divine beings” CEB “giants…heavenly beings” GNT “giant Nephilites…sons of God” NLT “Nephilim…divine beings” ISV “Nephilim…sons of Elohim” NOG “Nephilim…God’s sons” WEB “N’filim…sons of God” CJB “children of the supernatural beings…Nephilim” CEV “sons of God…Nephilim” ERV “evil beings from the spirit world…giants” TLB “Very large men…sons of God” NLV “HaNefilim…bnei HaElohim” OJB “a great warrior race…sons of God” VOICE “Soothly giants…sons of God” WYC “fallen ones…sons of God” YLT Geneva “Giants…sons of God” JPS “Nephilim…sons of God” Peshita “Nephilim…sons of God” Onkelos “Giants…sons of the mighty”

Palestinian Targum gives the unbiblical angel names “Schamchazai and Uzziel…sons of the Great”

NUMBERS THIRTEEN THIRTY THREE
Hereinafter is how various translations render Numbers 13:33.

KJ21 “giants, the sons of Anak, who come of the giants” ASV “Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who come of the Nephilim” AMP “Nephilim (the sons of Anak are part of the Nephilim)” AMPC “Nephilim [or giants], the sons of Anak, who come from the giants” (brackets in original) BRG “giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants” CEB “Nephilim (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim)” CJB “N’filim, the descendants of ‘Anak, who was from the N’filim” CEV “Nephilim who are the ancestors of the Anakim” DARBY “giants—the sons of Anak are of the giants” DRA “people, that we beheld, are of a tall stature” ERV “Nephilim people there! (The descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim.)” ESV and ESVUK “Nephilim (the sons of Anak, who come from the Nephilim)” EXB “Nephilim people there [C perhaps named for the pre-flood people mentioned in Gen. 6:4]. (The Anakites come from the Nephilim people.)” GNV “men of great stature” GW “Nephilim there. (The descendants of Anak are Nephilim.)” GNT “giants there, the descendants of Anak” HCSB “Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim!” ICB “Nephilim people there. (The Anakites come from the Nephilim people.)” ISV “Nephilim, the descendants of Anak” JUB “giants, the sons of Anak, of the race of the giants” KJV and AKJV “giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants” LEB “Nephilim (the descendants of Anak came from the Nephilim)” TLB “Anakim there, descendants of the ancient race of giants” MSG “Nephilim giants (the Anak giants come from the Nephilim)” MEV “giants, the sons of Anak, which come from the giants” NOG “Nephilim there. (The descendants of Anak are Nephilim.)” NABRE “Nephilim (the Anakim are from the Nephilim)” NASB “Nephilim (the sons of Anak are part of the Nephilim)” NCV “Nephilim people there. (The Anakites come from the Nephilim people.)” NET “Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak came from the Nephilim)” NIRV “Nephilim there…The family line of Anak came from the Nephilim” NIV “Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim)” NKJV “giants (the descendants of Anak came from the giants)” NLV “Nephilim there. (The sons of Anak are part of the Nephilim.)” NLT “giants there, the descendants of Anak” NRSV, NRSVA, NRSVACE and NRSVCE “Nephilim (the Anakites come from the Nephilim)” OJB “Nephilim, the Bnei Anak, which come of the Nephilim” RSV and RSVCE “Nephilim (the sons of Anak, who come from the Nephilim)” TLV “Nephilim. (The sons of Anak are from the Nephilim.)” VOICE “massive Anakites who descended from the ancient Nephilim!” WEB “Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who come from the Nephilim” WYC “sons of Anak, of the kind of giants…the sons of Anak, who be giants” YLT “Nephilim, sons of Anak, of the Nephilim” Geneva “gyants, the sonnes of Anak, which come of the gyants” JPS “Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who come of the Nephilim” Peshita “Nephilim (the sons of Anak are part of the Nephilim)” Onkelos “giants, the sons of Anak, which are of the giants”

Palestinian Targum “giants, the sons of Anak, of the race of the giants”

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