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Enoch, Jubilees and others · 1 Enoch 7:1–5

Giants 3,000 ells tall

Reference1 Enoch 7:1–5
Writtenc. 300–200 BCE
SetBefore the Flood
And they became pregnant, and they bare great giants, whose height was three thousand ells: Who consumed all the acquisitions of men. And when men could no longer sustain them, the giants turned against them and devour mankind.

Translation: R. H. Charles, 1917

Read it literally

The hybrids outgrow the food supply, turn on people, then on animals and 'drink the blood'. A population crash that forces the Flood.

What scholars say

The Greek text gives 3,000 cubits; the size is mythic.

Giants and hybrids

Quick answers about 1 Enoch 7:1–5

Where is 1 Enoch 7:1–5 found?

1 Enoch 7:1–5 (Enoch, Jubilees and others). Translation quoted: R. H. Charles, The Book of Enoch (SPCK, 1917; first ed. 1912).

When was 1 Enoch 7:1–5 written?

c. 300–200 BCE.

What do scholars say about 1 Enoch 7:1–5?

The Greek text gives 3,000 cubits; the size is mythic.

Sources

  1. R. H. Charles, The Book of Enoch (SPCK, 1917; first ed. 1912)Primary text

Scholarly dates are rounded. The wording follows the named public-domain translation.

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