Chapter 7
1 And all the
others together with them took unto themselves wives, and each chose
for himself one,
and they began to go in unto them and to
defile
themselves with
them, and they taught
them charms
2 and enchantments, and the cutting of roots, and made them acquainted with plants.
And they
3 became pregnant, and
they bare great giants, whose height was three thousand ells: Who consumed
4 all the acquisitions of
men. And when
men could no longer
sustain them, the giants turned against
5 them and devoured
mankind. And they began to sin against birds, and beasts, and
reptiles, and
6 fish, and to devour one another's flesh, and drink
the blood. Then
the earth laid
accusation against the lawless ones.
On a parchment
fragment 4Q201(En ara) copied ca. 200-150 B.C.E. found at
Qumrum: Other
texts
13. [They (the leaders) and all ... of them took for themselves] wives
from all that they chose and [they began to cohabit with them and to
defile themselves with them]; and to teach them sorcery and [spells and
the cutting of roots; and to acquaint them with herbs.] And they become
pregnant by them and bo[re (great) giants three thousand cubits high
...]
- Book of Enoch (from
Translation by J. C. Greenfield
"Later Jewish tradition has it that their seduction was at least partly
their own fault since they had taught the girls the art of cosmetics,
and so had begun the awful progress of mankind to degeneracy and sexual
abandon. More important, 'they taught them charms and enchantments, the
cutting of roots, and make them acquainted with plants..." (Enoch
7:1ff)."
- John M. Allegro, The Sacred
Mushroom and the Cross
"The Hebrew word for giants (nephilum) literally means the
fallen-down-ones because these tall celestial beings fell from the sky.
Their half-breed progeny and their descendants are often mentioned in
the early books of the Old Testament until the last of them were
finally killed off. They were known as the Rephaim [Hebrew for
'phantoms'], Emim, Anakim, Horim, Avim, and Zamzummim. Some scholars
speculate that this tradition of giants born from the union of gods and
humans formed the basis for the demigod of Greek mythology."
- Raymond E. Fowler, The
Watchers
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