giants. Nephilim. See App-25.
those days. "the days of Noah. "
also after that. after their destruction by the Flood, as well as before it. There was another irruption, the result being like those "of old". See notes on Genesis 12:6 with Genesis 13:7. also App-23 and App-25.
renown. Hebrew the men of name. The "heroes" of the Greek mythology. The remains of primitive truth, corrupted in transmission.