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Genesis 24:64
And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac she dismounted (naphal) from the camel.

This word “naphal” is also used to describe the act of Yahweh casting down those who are workers
of iniquity. Such a description is befitting the angels who sinned and were cast out of heaven.

Psalms 36:12
There are the workers of iniquity fallen (naphal): they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.

Psalms 5:10
Pronounce them guilty, O God! Let them fall (naphal) by their own counsels; Cast them out in the
multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against You.

Truly, the angels who fell are workers of iniquity. They are rebels against God. Therefore, they have
been thrust out of heaven by violence. They have fallen to the earth. Speaking prophetically of the fall
of Satan, the prophet Isaiah wrote:

Isaiah 14:12-15
How you have fallen (naphal) from heaven, O star of the morning, son of the dawn! You have been
cut down to the earth, you who have weakened the nations! But you said in your heart, “I will ascend
to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God, and I will sit on the mount of assembly in
the recesses of the north. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the
Most High.” Nevertheless you will be thrust down to Sheol, to the recesses of the pit.

Satan has fallen (naphal) from heaven. He is therefore a Nephilim, a fallen one. Although Satan is a
Nephilim, a fallen one, we have no Biblical account of his having engaged in sexual activity with the
daughters of men. It is very doubtful that he has done so, for the Scriptures declare that those angels
who transgressed in this manner have been judged before the normal time of judgment and sealed
away in chains (Jude 6). Not all Nephilim (fallen ones) have transgressed by engaging in fornication
with women. There were many angels who joined Satan in his rebellion against Yahweh. These ones
were cast from the heavenly realms where the throne of Yahweh resides. Like Satan, they too
experienced a fall (naphal) from heaven. They are Nephilim, fallen ones.

Revelation 12:9
And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who
deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with
him.

In a previous chapter I noted that Satan has been cast down in the past. This was at his original
rebellion. At that time the earth was destroyed, made formless and void, and sealed in darkness. After
a long season of unknown duration Yahweh began the work of re-creating the earth. This is described
in Genesis 1:2, continuing to the end of the chapter. Satan was released at this time, along with those
angels who fell with him. Thus we observe him in the garden in the form of a serpent deceiving Eve.
This act reveals that the “Nephilim” were “on the earth” from the early days of man, for Satan is the
chief of the Nephilim, or fallen ones. Satan and his angels will be cast down and judged two more