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Who were the Watchers?

3/25/2014

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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. 


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

Thanks, very interesting

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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

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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.

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

How can I get the series?

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

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

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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.

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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.

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

This was really helpful! But I was looking for names

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