Giants Were Not The Offspring of Angels: A Refutation of the Nephilim Myth

Many Bible readers have been taught that giants—referred to in Scripture as the "Nephilim"—were the result of angels having sexual relations with human women. This myth has been perpetuated by various apocryphal texts like the Book of Enoch and sensationalized by modern fiction and theology. However, a careful reading of the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible provides a very different and far more grounded explanation: giants were simply large human beings, descending from regular human bloodlines, not fallen angels.

This blog post will dismantle the angel-human hybrid theory by using solid Biblical evidence. We will look at the descendants of Noah, the origin of the Philistines, the lineage of known giants like Goliath and Og of Bashan, and demonstrate that all of them were born of human parents, not celestial beings.

The Whole Earth Repopulated by Humans — Not Angels

The Bible is clear: after the Flood, the entire earth was repopulated by the three sons of Noah—Shem, Ham, and Japheth. There is no mention of angels reproducing with women after the flood or creating hybrid beings.

Genesis 9:19 KJV"These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread."

If the whole earth was overspread by Noah’s sons, then every human post-flood, including so-called giants, must have come from these three lineages. That alone disqualifies the idea of non-human, angelic bloodlines existing in later generations like Goliath or King Og.

Goliath Was a Human Philistine, Not a Nephilim

Goliath is one of the most famous giants in Scripture. But who was he, really? According to the Bible, Goliath was simply a Philistine—a known group of Hamite-descended humans, not fallen angels.

1 Samuel 17:23 KJV"And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them."

1 Samuel 17:8 KJV"And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul?"

Goliath himself identifies as a Philistine, not as some half-spirit abomination or Nephilim hybrid. He fought for a known human nation and had human brothers (see 2 Samuel 21:22). Now let’s examine his ancestry.

Philistines Were Hamites, Descendants of Noah

The Philistines came from Mizraim, the son of Ham, one of Noah’s sons. The Bible explicitly lists their genealogy:

Genesis 10:6 KJV"And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan."

Genesis 10:13–14 KJV"And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim."

So the Philistines (Philistim) came from Casluhim, a descendant of Mizraim, who was the son of Ham, who was the son of Noah. This means Goliath’s bloodline is fully human and traceable all the way back to Noah. Again, this destroys the argument that Goliath was some hybrid Nephilim.

King Og: A Giant, But Still Human

Let’s turn our attention to King Og of Bashan, often cited as a prime example of a post-Flood “giant.” Scripture indeed confirms he was very large, but it also describes him as a king over human nations, and like Goliath, he is identified with a known people group—the Amorites.

Deuteronomy 4:47 KJV"And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;"

Deuteronomy 3:11 KJV"For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man."

His bed size is given, showing he was physically large, but he is still described as part of the Amorite nation—descendants of Canaan, son of Ham (Genesis 10:15–16). Again, not one verse associates Og with angels or supernatural origins.

What About the "Sons of God" in Genesis 6?

This is where the confusion often begins. Genesis 6:2 speaks of “the sons of God” marrying the “daughters of men.” Many assume these “sons of God” were angels, but this interpretation is flawed for several reasons:

1. Angels are spirit beings and do not marry.

   "For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven." — Matthew 22:30 KJV

2. The term “sons of God” in the Old Testament often refers to righteous human men, especially descendants of Seth, who maintained the worship of the Most High.

3. The context of Genesis 6 is moral corruption, not genetic mutation. The “giants” (Hebrew: nephilim) were mighty men, not monsters or hybrids.

4. After the Flood, the Bible says all life outside of the ark perished. If giants had angelic blood, that bloodline would’ve been wiped out—yet we still see giants afterward like Og and Goliath, whose human lineages are well documented.

   
   

Conclusion: Giants Were Just Big Humans

The Bible is not a mythology book—it is a record of real people, real nations, and real events. The idea that angels mated with human women to produce Nephilim is foreign to the true doctrine of Scripture and borrowed from pagan myths and non-canonical sources.

The giants of the Bible—like Goliath and King Og—were from Hamite nations, fully traceable to Noah’s sons. They were large in stature, yes, but that does not make them supernatural. Just as there are tall and unusually strong people today, there were in ancient times.

Don’t let apocryphal myths distract you from the clear genealogy and context of Scripture.

Isaiah 8:20 KJV"To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them."

Let us hold fast to what is written—not the imagination of man, but the truth of the Most High’s Word.