CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 6:2. Sons of God.]—That these were angels is a view which, it is well-known, has been held from ancient times, both by Jews and Christians. Of the latter class may be named Justin and Tertullian among the ancients, and Luther, Stier, Baumgarten, Kurtz and Delitzsch among th... [ Continue Reading ]
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Genesis 6:9_ NOAH, OR A GOOD MAN LIVING IN DEGENERATE TIMES I. That good men living in degenerate times are not overlooked by God. The degenerate and wicked condition of primitive society was under the eye of God. He saw the moral apostacy of the age, that it was... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 6:14. Gopher wood.] Probably, “cypress” (Conant, Davies); “pitch-trees, resinous trees” (Gesenius); “a hard, strong tree, precise kind unknown” (Fürst).— GENESIS 6:18. ESTABLISH.] Or, “set up again,” “restore,” as in Amos 9:11; cf. 1 Peter 4:19. _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PA... [ Continue Reading ]