The Nephilim were on the earth at that time (and also immediately afterward), when those divine beings were having sexual relations with those human women, who gave birth to children for them. These children became the heroes and legendary figures of ancient times.

The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of your ancestors, above the boundaries of the ancient hills. They will be on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the head of him who is separated from his brothers.

And the captain of the most ancient house among the Gershonites, was Eliasaph the son of Lael.

And the captain in the most ancient house of the kindreds of the Kohathites, was Elizaphan the son of Uzziel;

And the captain of the most ancient house among the kindreds of the Merarites, was Zuriel the son of Abihail, which pitched on the north side of the dwelling.

The name of the Israelite which was smitten with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri the son of Salu, a lord of an ancient house among the Simeonites.

And the name of the Midianitish woman was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur and head over the people of an ancient house in Midian.

"Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of the women and of cattle: thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the ancient heads of the congregation.

And Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the ancient heads of the tribes of the children of Israel,

And the ancient heads of the children of Gilead the son of Machir the son of Manasseh of the kindred of the children of Joseph, came forth and spake before Moses and the princes which were ancient heads among the children of Israel,

Remember the ancient days; bear in mind the years of past generations. Ask your father and he will inform you, your elders, and they will tell you.

And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,

The God of {ancient time} [is] a hiding place, and underneath [are] [the] arms of eternity, and he drove out {from before} you your enemy, and he said, 'Destroy [them]!'

And these are the countries which the children inherited in the land of Canaan, unto which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun and the ancient heads of the tribes of the children of Israel,

These are the inheritances which Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun, and the ancient fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel divided by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, in the door of the tabernacle of witness, and so made an end of dividing the country.

And then came the principal heads of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun and unto the ancient heads of the tribes of the children of Israel,

Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘From ancient times your fathers lived beyond the River, namely, Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, and they served other gods.

The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.

Just as the ancient proverb says, 'From the wicked, wickedness goes out,' but my hand will not be against you!

David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. From ancient times they had been the inhabitants of the region through Shur as far as the land of Egypt.

Then Solomon gathered the elders of Israel, all the heads of the tribes and ancient lords of the children of Israel, unto him to Jerusalem, to bring up the Ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David which is Zion.

Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.

And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. And these are ancient things.

These are such as came by name, heads of these kindreds. And the ancient households of them spread in multitude.

And their brethren, in the ancient households of them, were Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber, seven.

Ahi was the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, the head of an ancient household among them.

And these were the heads of the ancient households of them: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, Jahdiel, men of great power, men of name and heads of the ancient households of them.

The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the kindreds of Levi concerning their ancient fathers.

The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam and Shemuel which were heads in the ancient households of Tola and men of might among their kindreds: the number of them in the days of David were two and twenty thousand and six hundred.

And among them in their kindreds and ancient households six and thirty thousand men prepared to war: for they had many wives and sons.

The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth and Iri, five heads of ancient houses and men of might and were in number twenty two thousand and thirty four.

All these are the children of Becher, and were reckoned in their kindreds with the heads of the ancient households of them that were men of power, twenty thousand and two hundred.

All these are the sons of Jediael and ancient heads and men of might seventeen thousand and two hundred that went out to battle.

And these were the children of Asher and heads of ancient houses and pure fellows and men of might and the head lords. And when they were numbered in array to battle, they were in number twenty six thousand men.

And these are the sons of Ehud, ancient heads among the inhabiters of Geba which carried them to Manahath:

Jeuz, Sachia and Mirmah. These are his sons being ancient heads.

and Beriah and Shema - ancient heads among the inhabiters of Aijalon, and they drave out away the inhabiters of Gath -

These were ancient heads in their kindreds and dwelt in Jerusalem.

with other their brethren in their kindreds, nine hundred fifty and five. And all these were honorable heads in the ancient households of them.

with other of their brethren, heads in the ancient households of them, a thousand seven hundred and three score active men in the work of the service of the house of God.

These are the singers - ancient heads among the Levites divided by chambers, for they had to do both day and night.

These were the ancient among the Levites in their generations. And these dwelt at Jerusalem.

The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the ancient heads of Ladan.

And Jahath was the chief, Zina the second. But Jeush and Beriah had not many sons, and therefore they were reckoned for one ancient household.

These are the children of Levi in the households of their fathers the ancient heads, viewed and numbered by name and poll by poll from twenty year and above, to work in the service of the house of the LORD.

And there were more mighty heads found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar. And they divided them into sixteen heads of ancient households of the sons of Eleazar, and eight of the sons of Ithamar.

And Shimeah the son of Nethanel the Scribe of the Levites wrote them before the king and the lords, and before Zadok the priest and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the ancient heads of the priests and of the Levites: one principal household for Eleazar and one for Ithamar.

And these cast lots next to their brethren the sons of Aaron, before David the king and Zadok and Ahimelech and the ancient heads and priests of the Levites: as well the youngest brother as an ancient head.

As concerning the sons of Ladan which were Gershonites: Ladan had ancient fathers. Ladan the Gershonite had Jehieli.

which Shelomoth and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicated gifts which David the king, and the ancient heads, of the captains over thousands and hundreds,

And his brethren were in men of activity, two thousand and seven hundred ancient heads, which king David made rulers over the Reubenites, Gadites and the half tribe of Manasseh in all matters pertaining to God and businesses of the king.

So speak of the children of Israel: in the number of them were ancient heads and captains of thousands and hundreds, and officers that served the king in all things according to the companies that came in or went out, month by month throughout all the months of the year. And every company had twenty four thousand.

And the ancient lords and the lords of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and hundreds and the lords over the substance of the king, were willing

And Solomon communed with all Israel: the captains over thousands and hundreds, the judges and all other lords, and ancient heads throughout all Israel.

Then Solomon gathered the elders of Israel together and all the heads of the tribes and ancient lords among the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem: to bring the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD out of the city of David which is Zion.

Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites and of the priests and of the ancient heads of Israel, over the customs of the LORD and causes of strife. And then they returned again to Jerusalem.

And they went about in Judah and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah and the ancient heads of Israel: and they came to Jerusalem.

And the whole number of the ancient heads of the men of might were two thousand and six hundred,

And prepare yourselves by your ancient households and companies, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and the writing of Solomon his son.

And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the ancient households of your brethren the children of the people, and after the division of the ancient households of the Levites,

And they fetched away the burnt offerings, to give them unto the common people as they were divided by ancient houses, for to offer unto the LORD; like as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen too.

So he brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword, in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or virgin, elder or ancient,-all, delivered he into his hand.

But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:

But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the other ancient fathers of Israel answered them, "It belongeth not to you, but to us to build the house unto our God: for we ourselves will build alone unto the LORD our God of Israel, as Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us."

so that it may be investigated in the book of records of your ancestors. You will find in the book of records and learn that this city is a rebellious city, hurtful to kings and provinces, and they have rebelled in its midst from ancient times. Because of that this city was destroyed.

And {I issued} a decree, and they searched and found that this city from ancient days revolted against kings, and rebellion and sedition has been made in it.

Watch ye therefore and keep it, till ye weigh it down before the chief priests and Levites, and ancient fathers of Israel at Jerusalem in the chests of the house of the LORD."

And the children of the captivity did even so. And Ezra the priest, and the ancient heads through the house of their fathers, and all that were now rehearsed by name, separated themselves; and sat them down on the first day of the tenth month to examine this matter.

I responded to them by saying, "The God of heaven will prosper us. We his servants will start the rebuilding. But you have no just or ancient right in Jerusalem."

Next to them Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs. Next to him Hananiah, one of the perfumers, made repairs, and they restored Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall.

And certain of the ancient fathers gave unto the work. Hathirsatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams, fifty basens, five hundred and thirty priests' garments.

For in the days of David and Asaph from ancient times there was the head of the singers and a song of praise and thanksgiving to God.

With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.

He leads priests away stripped, and he overthrows {the members of ancient families}.

Even if its roots have grown ancient in the earth, and its stump begins to rot in the ground,

Others were astonished at his day, and the ancient took hold on shuddering.

"Haven't you known this from ancient times, since mankind was placed on the earth?

Dost thou mark the ancient path which wicked men have trodden?

Lift up your heads, O gates, and rise up, O ancient doorways, that the king of glory may enter.

Lift up your heads, O gates, and lift up, O ancient doorways, that the king of glory may enter.

Let lips of falsehood become dumb, That are speaking against the righteous, Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt.

For the music director; by the Korahites, a well-written song. O God, we have clearly heard; our ancestors have told us what you did in their days, in ancient times.

To Him who rides in the highest heavens, the ancient heavens,
Behold, He sends out His voice, a mighty and majestic voice.

Remember your people whom you acquired in ancient times, whom you rescued so they could be your very own nation, as well as Mount Zion, where you dwell!

God my King is from ancient times,
performing saving acts on the earth.

I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.

I will remember the Lord’s works;
yes, I will remember Your ancient wonders.

I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter enigmas from ancient time:

Your throne has been secure from ancient times; you have always been king.

I have remembered your ancient ordinances, LORD, and I take comfort in them.

See if there is any idolatrous tendency in me, and lead me in the reliable ancient path!

"The LORD made me as he began his planning, before his ancient activity commenced.

I was formed before ancient times,
from the beginning, before the earth began.

Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

Remove not the ancient landmark; And enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,

And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.

The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellers of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?

You made a reservoir between the walls for the waters of the ancient pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or consider the One who created it long ago.