Did Nephilim Really Help Noah with Building the Ark before the Flood?

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bookreviewmi1111 wrote: 01 Jun 2020, 17:39 As I know, Noah built his ark to save his family and other animals from the Flood. This is actually mentioned in the Bible. But I have not heard about Nephilim helping something with it.

So, what do you think about Nephilim in this book? Did Nephilim actually do that in the Bible, or is this just the author's opinion?
All my life I have always known that its Noah who built the ark. However, I am not surprised with the mention of Nephilim because in this book the author was trying to fill in some gaps that exist in the Bible story; therefore, this is just the author's opinion.
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The author embraces that Noah received help while building the ark. In his imagination, it was the gigantic men who did it. Just his opinion
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It could be just the author's creativity and imagination in writing a fictional content.
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Cynthia_Oluchi wrote: 02 Jun 2020, 02:27 We already know the author wrote so many things from his opinion—this is just one of them.
I'm inclined to agree, especially since I don't remember that being mentioned in the Bible. This is just another of the author's musings to move the plot along.
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Samgum50 wrote: 01 Jun 2020, 21:17 I think that this is just the authors opinion. I've never seen biblical backing to confirm that theory.
Your right :)

I had only one perceived notion in writing Killing Abel, other than to start with Adam and Eve and to end with Noah. The one perceived belief was that I knew what the mark of Cain was. So the Nephilim working on the Ark, literally, like much of the book just fell into place as I wrote.

As I got to where Noah was given the task of building the Ark, I ran in to a moral dilemma and the easiest way to solve it was to add the Nephilim. The moral dilemma was, Noah needed help from others for the giant task before him, and to my morals, I could not ask a man to labor 100 years, to faithfully work on a project, and not reward him with a seat on what he had built. I don't see Noah or God denying that to a faithful servant, either.

There is another problem that the Nephilim fill quite nicely. The Ark is covered in "pitch." Pitch is flammable, on top of wood that is very old and very dry in many cases. If Noah is building the Ark in a populated area, the chances for destruction are enormous over the period of one hundred years. And if the area where the ark is being built is populated with men and women, they will want to get on the Ark by the thousand as they start to drown.

There is only one plausible way that I can think of for Noah to keep the ark safe and keep people off it . . . is to build the ark in a secret location with the Nephilim. With Nephilim you could do it with just a few of them and they don't have the same wants and needs as human men and women do, so they are much easier for the Noah and the three boys to manage.

A giant boat built by giant men, fits nicely. The moral dilemma is fixed as the Nephilim are not "thought" to be free will and eternal beings as they will be denied a seat on their life's work. They are powerful in size and strength to do the job. There are no women among the Nephilim, they are only men. It works for Noah's purposes and for Gods.

Is that what happened ? I don't know, but it could have.

Is it only a coincidence that the Nephilim and the need for an Ark are concurrent chronologically in the bible?

Did God envision an Ark before or after giants walked the earth?

I don't know but it is a blast to think/ponder about these possibilities! God could have saved Noah and his family in countless ways, but He choose "a" man to build an Ark, not a miracle. To me, this is a wonderful thing about our Father, He makes us think, to gain understanding! I would and I am sure He would have it no other way!
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The art of building a boat to save his people from the coming flood was new to Noah. This, proves that he, infact did receive some help in the form of guidance from Nephilim.🌸
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It might be the author's interpretation/ opinion and alternate explanation is that Noah asked his neighbors for help with constructing the ark but they declined
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I don’t think that it is in the original texts, it was only Noah by himself with his family that built the ark
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I believe this is just the author's opinion. I have never read in the Bible that Nephilim or anyone else besides Noah's family helped him build the ark. It took him 120 years to build it. All I've ever read about it in the Bible says people would make fun of him while he was working on building the ark, but never about anyone helping him.
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I'm fairly certain that it was just the author's opinion
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In the bible, it does not mention Nephilim helped Noah to build the ark. So it looks just the author's thoughts. But it did not affect my reading of this book.
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I am pretty sure that Noah built the ark with only help from his family.
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LiLj wrote: 22 Jun 2020, 12:42 I am pretty sure that Noah built the ark with only help from his family.
I agree with you! The Bible does not mention anything about the Nephilim or any other people. If the sons with their wives were to be in the ark then I am certain they are the ones that helped.
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Although it may not be explicitly in the bible there are many theories for various bible stories. A lot of these are to satisfy the curiosity of humans when in reality these details do not change the stories or the messages being conveyed. It is possible they helped build the ark, but ultimately this is not an important detail. If the bible included every detail and every explanation it would be ten times, maybe a hundred times, the size.
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In this fiction, it is merely the author's opinion. But when the practicality is considered, Noah might had had some sort of help for such an enormous project
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