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They did not, the flood wiped them out
yep - all the wicked died at the flood.
Noah and his family crossed over and were spared - but they were all Nephilim (giants) as compared to humans of much later generations. THey lived longer and were somewhat taller.
and only left their spirit. Which became demons who possessed people.
No scripture says any such thing.
There were nephilim on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men
There were Nephilim on the earth in those days (the days before the flood- and ALSO afterward when the sons of God came into the daughters of men (mixed marriages between Seth's descendants and Cain's descendants).
That text says that the Nephilim were there BEFORE Those mixed marriages.
In fact all pre-flood humans were Nephilim.
The spies in Numbers, report of seeing the nephilim
Caleb and Joshua did not dispute that observation. Rather they claimed that God would enable them to defeat the large people of Canaan
You need to read The Bible better.
nice - I love "reading the Bible better"
Caleb did not dispute this part.
Now they departed and came back to Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the children of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh; they brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land. Then they told him, and said: “We went to the land where you sent us. It truly flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit. Nevertheless the people who dwell in the land are strong; the cities are fortified and very large; moreover we saw the descendants of Anak there. The Amalekites dwell in the land of the South; the Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the mountains; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea and along the banks of the Jordan.”
Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it.”
Indeed - Caleb did not argue against the idea that the land was very fruitful or that various people dwelt there.
Nor did they dispute
Num 13"
33
There we saw the giants (the descendants of Anak came from the giants); and
we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.”
27 Then they told him, and said: “We went to the land where you sent us. It truly flows with milk and honey, and this
is its fruit. 28 Nevertheless the people who dwell in the land
are strong; the cities
are fortified
and very large; moreover we saw the descendants of Anak there. 29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the South; the Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the mountains; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea and along the banks of the Jordan.”
30 Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it.”
31 But the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people, for they
are stronger than we.” 32 And they gave the children of Israel a bad report of the land which they had spied out, saying, “The land through which we have gone as spies
is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people whom we saw in it
are men of
great stature. 33 There we saw the giants (the descendants of Anak came from the giants); and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.”
Notice that while not disputing the size of the problem - Caleb and Joshua focus instead on God's ability.
Num 14:
6 But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh,
who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes; 7 and they spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying: “The land we passed through to spy out
is an exceedingly good land. 8 If the Lord delights in us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us, ‘a land which flows with milk and honey.’ 9 Only do not rebel against the Lord, nor fear the people of the land, for they
are our bread; their protection has departed from them, and the Lord
is with us. Do not fear them.”
That is VERY DIFFERENT from
"no problems, no threats, no giants, no danger, "
Rather it just focuses on the good part of the report in Num 13 and appeals to God's ability to "bring us into the land and give it to us" rather than a focus on the giant sized problem ahead of them.
The lies about the nephilim came after Caleb quieted the people and said let us go.........
But the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.” And they gave the children of Israel a bad report of the land which they had spied out, saying, “The land through which we have gone as spies is a land that devours its inhabitants,
That was the lie part - since instead of devouring its inhabitants - their own report admits that in the land they not only thrived - but they were very strong and large.
and all the people whom we saw in it are men of great stature. There we saw the nephilim (the descendants of Anak came from the giants); and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.”
It is that second part that proves the first part to be a lie.
