Genesis 6: 4: The Nephilim

NOTE: The above is a PhotoShop picture and is not to be considered authentic.
However, it does serve as a good example of what a giant of that size would look like when compared to normal humans.

"The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown."- Genesis 6:4 (NASB).

The Nephilim are a group of people known as giants mentioned in Genesis 6. As noted in the photo above, the giants who existed before the flood were much bigger than people that are known to be the tallest today. However, I am sure not all of the giants before the flood were as big as the one depicted in the picture above which is PhotoShopped.

 Noted author Rob Skiba gives these interesting comments on the Nephilim below:

"If the account given in 1 Enoch (and other ancient texts as well) is to be believed, the immediate offspring - the first generation of Nephilim - were MASSIVELY huge! Upwards of 300 cubits or more.[1]

"And all the others together with them took unto themselves wives, and each chose for himself one, and they began to go in unto them and to defile themselves with them, and they taught them charms and enchantments, and the cutting of roots, and made them acquainted with plants. 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 devoured mankind. And they began to sin against birds, and beasts, and reptiles, and fish, and to devour one another's flesh, and drink the blood. Then the earth laid accusation against the lawless ones."

- Enoch 7 [emphasis mine]

The Bible seems to confirm the enormous size of some of these hybrids as well - even when referring to those who came after the Flood:

"Yet I destroyed the Amorites (who were descendants of Canaan) before them, though they were tall as the cedars and strong as the oaks."

- Amos 2:9 (NIV) [emphasis mine]

Most scholars refer to Post-Flood Nephilim in terms of 9 to 18 foot giants. But GOD, through the prophet Amos refers to giants who were as tall as cedar trees! Ever see a cedar tree? Very large. In fact, the "cedars of Lebanon" were often referenced in the Bible as being renowned for their enormous height. They can grow to over 100 feet tall! But even a modest cedar grows to between 30 and 50 feet in height. And giants of this size have apparently been found in the past. Giants who were between 30 and 100 feet tall would certainly explain the comments made by the Hebrew spies when they first scouted out the land of... Canaan:

"They gave Moses this account: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey! Here is its fruit. But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large. We even saw descendants of Anak there. The Amalekites live in the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live near the sea and along the Jordan.”

"Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, “We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.”

"But the men who had gone up with him said, “We can’t attack those people; they are stronger than we are.” And they spread among the Israelites a bad report about the land they had explored. They said, “The land we explored devours those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size. We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.”

- Number 13:27-33 (NIV) [emphasis mine]

I would suggest that nothing smaller than 24 to 36 foot tall giants would make someone describe themselves as feeling like a "grasshopper" by comparison! For the sake of illustration I have created the following graphic to show you what the various sizes of men would look like if standing side by side: