Phillip J. Long

“beings known as watchers take human women as wives and have children with them. These children are called the Nephilim (as in Genesis 6:4). In 1 Enoch, the children of the watchers are giants who prey on humans, prompting God to destroy the world with a great flood. Enoch, the seventh generation from Adam and the great-grandfather of Noah, pleads on behalf of the rebellious angels, but God’s judgment is settled because they revealed secret, forbidden knowledge to humans. The second half of the Book of the Watchers is a record of Enoch’s journey through the heavens to the ends of the earth. This bizarre journey takes Enoch to the prison where the fallen angels are kept and”
― Phillip J. Long, The Book of Enoch for Beginners: A Guide to Expand Your Understanding of the Biblical World