Noah: the Real Story
  • Home
    • The Story
    • The Flood
    • The Ark
    • The Animals
    • The Search
    • The Movie >
      • Noah Discussion Guide
    • Other Flood Stories
    • Noah's Secret
  • See the Ark
  • The Author
  • Blog
  • Buy the Book
  • Contact

Who were the Watchers?

3/25/2014

34 Comments

 
PictureGraphic novel cover showing a Watcher
"The Watchers" is a name given to the Nephilim (a Hebrew word many translate as “giants”) mentioned in four verses in Genesis (6:1-4). The quick answer to the question of who the Watchers were is . . . no one knows for sure. Here’s the story!


The Bible says, “the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose.” 

Who were the sons of God? Those who study the Bible have three suggestions: (1) godly descendants of Seth, the third son of Adam and Eve; (2) angels; (3) kings and rulers (for instance, later Egyptian kings were called the son of Re, the sun god). 

Who were the daughters of man? For the first suggestion, the daughters of man are considered to be ungodly descendants of Seth’s brother, Cain. For the second and third suggestions, the daughters of man are said to be sexually attractive women. 

The Bible then says, “The Nephilim (giants) were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.” Some say these giants were not just big in size, but also savage and violent attackers who pillaged the earth . . . not the kind of person you would want to invite home to meet your mother. 

However, an ancient Jewish book said to be written by Enoch, the great-grandfather of Noah, may give us a clue. The Book of Enoch, which has not been generally accepted as Scripture, says 200 angels in heaven saw the beautiful daughters of men, lusted after them, and took them as wives and they gave birth to giants. These angels taught humans how to work in metal and make swords and knives. They taught humans about enchantments and how to read the signs of the sun and the moon. “And there arose much godlessness, and they committed fornication, and they were led astray, and became corrupt in all their ways.” These fallen angels, called Watchers, were then bound until the Judgment Day.

Biblical scholars don’t have much to say about who the Watchers are, what they looked like, or what happened to them. Although the term “Watchers” in the Book of Enoch refers only to fallen angels, Daniel 4 refers three times to “a watcher, a holy one” – in verses 13, 17, and 23. Jude 6 seems to refer to the story in the Book of Enoch and the fate of the angels who “left their proper dwelling.”  

But the Watchers play an important role in the movie Noah. They are portrayed as angels relegated to living on earth in the form of 11-foot tall rock creatures with six arms and a light that makes their eyes and mouth glow. They seem to be straight out of a graphic novel (they ARE out of Darren Aronofsky’s graphic novel Noah) or The Lord of the Rings. In the movie, they help Noah build the ark and battle the people who try to stop Noah. 


34 Comments
Jon Hoyle
3/26/2014 12:36:52 pm

Thanks, very interesting

Reply
Zooby link
8/17/2014 05:00:09 pm

I like to learn new things about the Bible... and I guess the Watchers help clear up to me on how Noah built the Ark so well... n quickly! Thanks

Reply
Ericka
7/19/2020 02:31:24 pm

No 'Watcher's helped Noah build the Ark. That is a Hollywood addition to sell the movie and is un-Biblical. It took around 70 years for Noah and his family to build the Ark with precise directions on how to do it directly from God. That is why is was so well built.

Reply
Dilshan
10/27/2020 07:44:04 am

I agreed with you this is a real story thank you for your comment gload blessed you

angelus
12/31/2015 10:43:12 am

I have made a series called 'Book of Enoch Warnings for the last Generation'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGL0sfKNR5w&list=PLV7Wy_Z8JeGiJfWIQkXTyDVTaCdfnxAqx for people who are interested in getting more info about the Watchers, Nephilim, Rephaim Giants & Fallen Angels before Noah's flood. I think that Enoch writings are key to understand what happened in the past, in that way we will be able to understand what's coming in the future because Jesus said that the last times will be
like in the days of Noah, and according to Enoch and the book of Genesis, giants, nephilim, rephaim & fallen angels were on earth in those days, and will be again for the coming of the son of men.

Reply
Taz
2/23/2018 08:27:08 am

How can I get the series?

Reply
Bob
4/15/2018 09:25:30 am

Would like to know how the book of Enoch survived the flood?

Reply
brad
4/15/2018 09:41:05 am

Enoch was Noah's great-grandfather. Methuselah, Enoch's son, was alive right up until the time of the flood. Noah personally knew Enoch's son. If Noah didn't have have it on the ark, he still had it in his head.

Greg link
11/28/2018 12:58:16 am

The book of Enoch that people claim is not actually his book. It is one of satan's devises used to curropt God's Word. Very easy to recognize it's mistruths as well as all the other gnostic books. None of these books were written by anyone that theu are titled after. These are things you should run away from my friend.

Geraldine
1/6/2020 08:18:35 pm

Logic dictates it came on the Arc with Noah.

Ericka
7/19/2020 02:35:15 pm

Greg-the book of Enoch actually did and does exist. It is quoted in the New Testament and was used in the very early Ethiopian Church in their Masses. https://www.bereanbiblechurch.org/transcripts/jude/jude-12-15a_is-enoch-scripture.htm

RONALD C EDWARDS
5/6/2018 10:08:48 am

I would like more.

Reply
Daniel Arcand
5/17/2019 10:14:47 pm

Hey Angelus, interesting, I would love to watch your video but the link has been removed. Any updated link I could see this on?

Reply
Robert Rieley
11/1/2020 05:02:50 pm

Watch the beginning and end series, "bloodlines of the nephilim" it explained clearly with all scripture references.

Ericka
7/19/2020 02:31:58 pm

Youtube says video not available. :(

Reply
Kstore for iOS link
8/31/2016 04:36:20 am

Really this is very interesting article. I like that bible says "The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown" . Thanks for sharing.

Reply
Anonymous
2/12/2018 06:35:34 pm

This was really helpful! But I was looking for names

Reply
Pat
11/17/2018 07:54:43 pm

The earliest writing they claim are 5th century the sumarian coniform but enoch writtings date back to the 3rd century .
Greek myths about the demi gods are actual accounts of man worshiping the watchers . The Zodoastrian religion shows how mixed up people got and started to stray away from our true God.
Dinosaurs were in the book of Job and do to the climate changes and man killing off the dragons and serpents in the myths and legends.Brought the extinction . The word dinosaur was even in the english language until 1841. Before that they were referred to as serpents and dragons .

Reply
Mggthefire
11/27/2018 08:07:05 pm

Mighty men ... men of renown meant that their 'angelic'ancestry written into their DNA gave them metaphysical power.

Reply
Greg link
11/28/2018 12:51:13 am

Absolutely nothing about fallen angels,nephalim, watchers should be taken from this movie as it portrays them. sons of God did not come down to earth to help man. They came to defile God's creation with their lust. Neither did they help Noah build the ark. These fallen angels are servants of satan,very clearly stated in the bible. They chose to follow him instead of God and received the just recompense for their actions. They not only layed with women but of every beast,insect,and serpent. They also taught man how to work metal and other things for the sole purpose of violence,one towards another. It is clear that whoever made this movie is a servant to satan and not God. I will be throwing this away after watching it so that my children have no chance of seeing satan's lies and his work to mislead people. God bless you all.

Reply
Che
3/29/2019 04:05:14 pm

No chance?The internet is everywhere.lol

Reply
Shari
7/29/2019 02:34:38 pm

GOD BLESS YOU GREG, FINALLY SOMEONE WHO SPEAKS THE TRUTH FOR CHRIST! AND I AGREE.....

Reply
Gary link
2/5/2019 09:01:16 am

Greg -- If the Book of Enoch, The Book of Jasher and 20 other books referenced in the Bible are "to be avoided" then why were they mentioned at all?

Reply
Gary
2/23/2019 05:55:24 am

Gary the original - how do you think it was built? Have you an ideas since you know about the books

Reply
Gary
2/23/2019 03:41:21 pm

The Holy Bible is not a detailed history of mankind- but is the history of man's salvation through our Savior Jesus Christ. Hence, Every Book in the Bible is about Christ. The 22 Books additional books and documents mentioned in the Bible (though they were not included as scripture) were provided as a sources of some of the details that scripture does not cover. These "other books" help us gain better understanding of the history and culture surrounding the Hebrew people and provide context of those periods cover in the the various Biblical writings. These additional books DO NOT discredit scripture in the least.

Diana Angelucci
4/10/2019 02:27:36 am

I agree Gary, when I saw the movie Noah, I was appalled at how it seemed to not line up with Scripture....Until I read the books of Enoch and some others. It makes perfect sense to me now!

Reply
Preston
11/28/2019 07:41:15 pm

Be wary of men in power. The Vatican has many things locked away they deem dangerous to the masses.

Reply
Roger
4/2/2020 08:03:34 am

It is better to just read the Bible it self, 1 John 5:19 says that the world is lying in the power of the wicked one. Satan wants everyone to believe anything other than the Bible itself and that is made obvious with this film and the rest of this world and it’s entertainment.

Reply
Lyn
4/12/2020 10:34:12 pm

How else could a 600 hundred year old man build such a beautiful vessel? Noah had to have someone to help.
Some Scientist people may have found the Ark in Ararat. Look it up. Noah's Ark found in Ararat in frozen ice. People who found it say, "it's the Ark".

Reply
William Lumbergh
10/17/2020 09:13:38 pm

Anyone interested in this subject should also look into evidence of ancient high technology, which was global and seems to have suddenly stopped before a cataclysmic water event. Anyone open minded enough to combine new archeological discoveries with biblical stories has a LOT of exciting discoveries ahead of them.

Reply
Robert Rieley
11/1/2020 05:05:05 pm

Watch Beginning and end series called "Bloodlines of the Nephilim" , explains clearly with scripture references.

Reply
Tim link
12/16/2020 07:58:23 pm

Im into sasquatch stuff..and some people say they are the nephelim...i dont know much about it.

Reply
Gianna T link
12/26/2020 10:23:43 am

Thanks for writiing

Reply
Belle T.
1/5/2021 12:18:02 pm

Big Foot? Im more of a noah ArK kind of girl? 😘

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Larry Stone is the author of Noah: The Real Story and The Story of the Bible.

    Archives

    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014

    Categories

    All

    THE STORY
    THE FLOOD
    THE ARK
     THE ANIMALS
    THE SEARCH
    THE MOVIE
    OTHER FLOODS
    NOAH’S SECRET

    RSS Feed

This is the official website for Noah: The Real Story.  Copyright © 2014. All rights reserved.