We are told: “The Nephilim proved to be in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of the true God continued to have relations with the daughters of men and they bore sons to them, they were the mighty ones who were of old, the men of fame. ”
در کتاب مقدّس می‌خوانیم :‏ « پس از آن که پسران خدا و دختران انسان‌ها با هم وصلت نمودند ،‏ مردانی غول‌آسا [نِفِلیم‌ها] از آنان به وجود آمدند .‏