The way this discussion has gone is the exact reason why I avoid the Book of Enoch altogether when discussing this subject. Instead of discussing the merits of the subject itself the discussion gets lost into the merrits of the book.
There is more than enough evidence in the canical Bible that tells us who and what these beings were. There is no need to bring up the Book of Enoch.
For a good study, appendix 25 from the Companion Bible.
[FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]The progeny of the fallen angels with the daughters of Adam (see notes on Genesis 6, and are called in Genesis 6,N[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman] e[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]-phil´-im, which means fallen ones (from naphal, to fall). What these beings were can be gathered only from Scripture. They were evidently great in size, as well as great in wickedness. They were superhuman, abnormal beings; and their destruction was necessary for the preservation of the human race, and for the faithfulness of Jehovah's Word (Genesis 3:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]15[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]). [/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]This was why the Flood was brouhgt "upon the world of the ungodly" ([/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]2[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]Peter 2:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]5[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]) as prophesied by Enoch (Jude [/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]14[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]). [/FONT]
[FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]But we read of the N[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]e[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]philim again in Numbers 13:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]33[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman] : "there we saw the N[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]e[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]philim, the sons of Anak, which come of the N[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]e[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]philim". How, it may be asked, could this be, if they were all destroyed in the Flood ? The answer is contained in Genesis 6:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]4[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman], where we read: "There were N[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]e[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]philim in the earth in those days (that is to say, in the days of Noah); and also AFTER THAT, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became [the] mighty men (Hebrew gibbor, the heroes) which were of old, men of renown" (literally, men of the name, that is to say, who got a name and were renowned for their ungodliness). [/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]So that "after that", that is to say, after the Flood, there was a second irruption of these fallen angels, evidently smaller in number and more limited in area, for they were for the most part confined to Canaan, and were in fact known as "the nations of Canaan". It was for the destruction of these, that the sword of Israel was necessary, as the Flood had been before. [/FONT]
[FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]As to the date of this second irruption, it was evidently soon after it became known that the seed was to come through Abraham; for, when he came out from Haran (Genesis 12:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]6[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]) and entered Canaan, the significant fact is stated: "The Canaanite was then (that is to say, already) in the land." And in Genesis 14:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]5[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman] they were already known as "Rephaim" and "Emim", and had established themselves as Ashteroth Karnaim and Shaveh Kiriathaim. [/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]In chapter 15:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]18-21[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman] they are enumerated and named among Canaanite Peoples: "Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, and the Amorites, and the Girga$#@%es, and the Jebusites" (Genesis 15:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]19-21[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]; compare Exodus 3:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]8,17[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]; 23:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]23[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]. Deuteronomy 7; 20:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]17[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]. Joshua 12:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]8[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]). [/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]These were to be cut off, and driven out, and utterly destroyed (Deuteronomy 20:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]17[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]. Joshua 3:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]10[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]). But Israel failed in this Joshua 13:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]13[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]; 15:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]63[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]; 16:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]10[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]; 17:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]18[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]. Judges 1:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]19,20,28,29,30-36[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]; 2:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]1-5[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]; 3:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]1-7[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]); and we know not how many got away to other countries to escape the general destruction. If this were recognized it would go far to solve many problems connected with Anthropology. [/FONT]
[FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]As to their other names, they were called Anakim, from one Anak which came of theN[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]e[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]philim (Numbers 13:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]22,33[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]), and R[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]e[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]phaim, from Rapha, another notable one among them. [/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]From Deuteronomy 2:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]10[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman], they were known by some as Emim, and Horim, and Zamzummim (verse [/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]20,21[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]) and Avim, etc. [/FONT]
[FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]As R[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]e[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]phaim they were well known, and are often mentioned: but, unfortunately, instead of this, their proper name, being preserved, it is variously translated as "dead", "deceased", or "giants". These R[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]e[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]phaim are to have no resurrection. This fact is stated in Isaiah 26:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]14[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman] (where the proper name is rendered "deceased", and verse [/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]19[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman], where it is rendered "the dead"). [/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]It is rendered "dead" seven times (Job 26:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]5[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]. Psalm 88:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]10[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]. Proverbs 2:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]18[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]; 9:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]18[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]; 21:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]16[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]. Isaiah 14:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]8[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]; 26:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]19[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]). [/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]It is rendered "deceased" in Isaiah 26:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]14[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman].[/FONT]
[FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]It is retained as proper name "R[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]e[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]phaim" ten times (two being in the margin). Genesis 14:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]5[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]; 15:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]20[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]. Joshua 12:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]15[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman] (margin). [/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]2[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]Samuel 5:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]18,22[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]; 23:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]13[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]. [/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]1[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]Chronicles 11:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]15[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]; 14:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]9[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]; 20:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]4[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman] (margin). Isaiah 17:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]5[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]. [/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]In all other places it is rendered "giants" , Genesis 6:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]4[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman], Numbers 23:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]33[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman], where it is N[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]e[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]philim; and Job 16:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]14[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman], where it is gibbor. [/FONT]
[FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]By reading all these passages the Bible student may know all that can be known about these beings. [/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]It is certain that the second irruption took place before Genesis 14, for there the R[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]e[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]phaim were mixed up with the five nations or peoples, which included Sodom and Gomorrha, and were defeated by the four kings under Chedorlaomer. Their principal locality was evidently "Ashtaroth Karnaim"; while the Emim were in the plain of Kiriathaim (Genesis 14:[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]5[/FONT][FONT=Aldine,Kuenst,Clarendon,Times New Roman]). [/FONT]