▁regarding ▁the ▁blood ▁of ▁animals ▁and ▁all ▁living ▁cre atures ; ▁vers es ▁ 1 0 ▁and ▁ 1 1 ▁warn , ▁“ I ▁will ▁set ▁my ▁face ▁against ▁any ▁Israel ite ▁or ▁any ▁foreign er ▁res iding ▁among ▁them ▁who ▁e ats ▁blood ▁and ▁I ▁will ▁cut ▁them ▁off ▁from ▁the ▁people . ▁For ▁the ▁life ▁of ▁the ▁creature ▁is ▁in ▁the ▁blood .” ▁ ▁F allen ▁Ang els ▁among ▁Men : ▁a ▁gen esis ▁of ▁evil ▁The ▁Q um ran ▁texts ▁that ▁make ▁up ▁its ▁so - called ▁Book ▁of ▁Gi ants ▁seem ▁to ▁offer , ▁for ▁various ▁faith s , ▁a ▁more ▁complete ▁picture ▁of ▁the ▁beg inn ings ▁of ▁evil ▁than ▁perhaps ▁its ▁rather ▁trunc ated ▁counter part ▁— ▁the ▁bib lic al ▁E den ▁story ▁— ▁is ▁able ▁to ▁give . ▁The ▁Gen esis ▁story ▁we ▁read ▁today , ▁as ▁is ▁well ▁known , ▁was ▁greatly ▁alter ed ▁by ▁ancient ▁De uter onom ist ▁scri bes ▁and ▁histor ians ▁( and ▁others ) ▁according ▁to ▁their ▁own ▁religious ▁and ▁political ▁ag end as ▁and ▁does ▁not , ▁therefore , ▁represent ▁the ▁pr ist ine ▁form ▁of ▁whatever ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁its ▁prim ord ial ▁message . ▁And ▁while ▁the ▁Book ▁of ▁Gi ants ▁cannot , ▁by ▁any ▁means , ▁he al ▁that ▁bre ach , ▁it ▁does ▁begin ▁to ▁answer ▁questions , ▁fill ▁in ▁g aps , ▁and ▁make ▁more ▁clear , ▁perhaps , ▁what ▁was ▁originally ▁intended . ▁ ▁The ▁Q um ran ▁fragments ▁that ▁began ▁to