“The Nephilim were the offspring of heavenly beings who were placed in the spiritual realm to watch over the earth in those days.”
Oh, that’s gonna trigger the “you can’t read that literally!” crowd.
Sex with angels...hmm you guys gotta explain that one away.
Years ago I had a book WORD KEYS WHICH UNLOCK SCRIPTURE by Duane Edward Spencer.
In it he said the Nephilim were simply “Mighty men of stature” who were great warriors and were treated by their tribes as demi-gods. Nothing really spooky or fantastic about them.
The Greeks had their own versions written up in THE ILIAD. Most likely other tribes had the same.