Are the descendants of Anak (and Anak himself) bred from human and fallen angels? I have been told that this is how giants come into being...aka Goliath. By fallen angels sleeping with humans.

There are many wise and respected scholars who teach that giants came about because of a marriage between the fallen angels and the sons of men. The basis for this is Genesis 6:1-8.

There are perceived problems with the four main interpretations usually given to this passage. My understanding is to think of the “sons of God” as of the lineage and race of Seth. In Genesis 4 and 5 we see that it was Seth’s lineage that remained close to God. In chapter 5, we notice the Sethites having a very special relationship with God. It is said of Enoch, one of the family line, that “he walked with God.” Chapter 6 presents us with a comingling of these two family lines and of the evil that resulted.

 

I personally don’t think it was a comingling of angels and humans for a couple of reasons. Jesus indicates in Matthew 22:30 that angels are not sexual beings. There are to be no marriages in heaven. Secondly, no angels are mentioned prior to Genesis 6 which gives a reader no reason to interpret the “sons of God” in Genesis 6:2 to mean angels. The descendants of Anak may well have been transmitters of the DNA for bigness. If you were look in the Guiness Book of World Records, you will find that the tallest man in the modern era was Robert Pershing Wadlow of Alton, Illinois. He was measured by a medical team shortly before his death in 1940 at 8’11½”. The Bible account of Goliath reports his height as 6 cubits which would be approximately 9 feet tall.  I take from this an understanding that one does not need a comingling of angels and men to produce giants.

Please remember, this is not something we need agreement on in order to go to heaven.

 

-David Corts