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: | : Given the timing of the statement, the only way that "and also afterward" can be interpreted any other way than "after the flood" is if you want it to mean something else. The most straightforward reading the text clearly indicates that after the flood was the meaning the author intended to convey. | ||
: How is Deut 9 not confirmation? In numbers it says that the Nephilim were descendents of Anak. Most Bible commentators agree that this statement was an editorial insert by Moses. It was he - not the spies - that made this connection for us. In Deut, Moses confirms that the Anakites are in the land, and it is clear from his description of the events that it was not the report that was the issue, but the people's unwillingness to go in and take possession because the occupants were described as strong and tall. | : How is Deut 9 not confirmation? In numbers it says that the Nephilim were descendents of Anak. Most Bible commentators agree that this statement was an editorial insert by Moses. It was he - not the spies - that made this connection for us. In Deut, Moses confirms that the Anakites are in the land, and it is clear from his description of the events that it was not the report that was the issue, but the people's unwillingness to go in and take possession because the occupants were described as strong and tall. | ||
