Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Genesis 6:1
Men began to multiply upon the face of the earth — This was the effect of the blessing, Genesis 1:28, and yet man's corruption so abused this blessing, that it turned into a curse.
Men began to multiply upon the face of the earth — This was the effect of the blessing, Genesis 1:28, and yet man's corruption so abused this blessing, that it turned into a curse.
CHAPTER VI _The children of God, among whom the true religion was at first_ _preserved, corrupt it by forming matrimonial connections with_ _irreligious women_, 1, 2. _God, displeased with these c...
- The Growth of Sin 3. דון _dı̂yn_ “be down, strive, subdue, judge.” בשׁגם _bāshagām_ “inasmuch, as also.” The rendering “in their error” requires the pointing בשׁגם _b__e__shāgām_, and the plural...
CHAPTER 6:1-8 The Increasing Corruption _ 1. The sons of God and the daughters of men (Genesis 6:1)_ 2. The warning of Jehovah (Genesis 6:3) 3. Increased wickedness (Genesis 6:4) 4. Judgment anno...
The Angel Marriages. This section belongs to J, but to what stratum is not clear. In its nakedly mythological character it is quite unlike anything else in the history. It is obscure at some points, p...
The Chronology having been brought up to Noah's days, the History takes us back (not forward). MEN. sing, with art.. _the man Adam._ See App-14. EARTH. Hebrew. _h'adamah, ground._ THEM: i.e. to Ada...
Genesis 6:1 to Genesis 9:29. The Deluge 1 4. _The sons of God and the daughters of men_ This short strange passage serves as a kind of Preface to the Narrative of the Deluge. There is nothing to be fo...
_men_ Heb. _ha-adam_, i.e. "the man." It is not the proper name "Adam"; nor is it "the man" as an individual as in Genesis 3:24; Genesis 4:1: but "the man" collectively, in the sense of "the human rac...
_MEN BEGAN—DAUGHTERS—SONS OF GOD,_ &C — An evident distinction has been made in sacred scripture between the children of God and the children of men; between those who were the true servants of Jehova...
PART TWENTY: THE WORLD BEFORE THE FLOOD (Genesis 6:1-22) 1. _Universal Degeneracy_ (Genesis 6:1-8). And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were bor...
_AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN MEN BEGAN TO MULTIPLY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH, AND DAUGHTERS WERE BORN UNTO THEM,_ When men began to multiply. This is a general statement relative to the increase of the...
6:1 mankind (e-7) Or 'Man;' and so vers. 2.4, 'men.' See Note to chs. 1.27; 3.12 and cf. ch. 7.21, &c. earth, (f-13) Lit. 'ground.'...
THE SONS OF GOD AND THE DAUGHTERS OF MEN 1-4. This fragment seems to have been placed here as an instance of the wickedness which necessitated the Flood. Stories of unions between deities and the wome...
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 6 PEOPLE ARE VERY WICKED V1 At that time, men began to increase on the earth. Many daughters were born for them. V2 Then the sons of God saw that...
VI. (1) WHEN MEN (THE ADAM) BEGAN TO MULTIPLY. — The multiplication of the race of Adam was probably comparatively slow, because of the great age to which each patriarch attained before his first-born...
וַֽ יְהִי֙ כִּֽי ־הֵחֵ֣ל הָֽ אָדָ֔ם לָ
THE FLOOD Genesis 5:1; Genesis 6:1; Genesis 7:1; Genesis 8:1; Genesi
THE WICKEDNESS OF MEN Genesis 5:25; Genesis 6:1 When a son was born to Lamech, he named him Noah, which means “ _Rest._ ”He thought that the boy would grow up to share and alleviate the strain of dai...
With the passing of the centuries, the degeneration of the individual and the family became that of society. There had been intermixture between the descendants of Cain and those of Seth, resulting in...
THE SONS OF GOD MARRIED THE DAUGHTERS OF MEN From the time of the fall, men could be grouped in two major categories. The "sons of God" would be those people who had good morals, were God-fearing and...
_Daughters. These had borne equal proportion with the males from the beginning; but here they are particularized, because they were the chief instruments in corrupting the descendants of Seth. (Haydoc...
And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, Contents This chapter relates to us the evil effects of sin, and the sure consequences whi...
There is one characteristic of divine revelation to which attention may be profitably called as a starting point. We have to do with facts. The Bible alone is a revelation of facts, and, we can add (n...
1._And it came to pass, when men began to multiply_. Moses, having enumerated in order, ten patriarchs, with whom the worship of God remained pure, now relates, that their families also were corrupted...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 6, 7, AND 8. Finally we find power and force here below, the result, of the sons of God not keeping their first estate, of apostasy; and God executes judgment...
AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN MEN BEGAN TO MULTIPLY UPON THE FACE OF THE EARTH,.... Either mankind in general, or rather the posterity of Cain, who were mere natural men, such as they were when born into...
And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, Ver. 1. _When men began to multiply._] Not good men only, but bad men too; who therefore t...
For the glory of God's justice, and for a warning to a wicked world, before the history of the ruin of the old world, we have a full account of its degeneracy, its apostacy from God, and rebellion aga...
1 The wickednesse of the world, which prouoked Gods wrath, and caused the Flood. 8 Noah findeth grace. 13 The order, forme, and end of the Arke. 1 AND it came to passe, when men began to multiply o...
The Wickedness of Men...
And it came to pass when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,...
FOURTH SECTION _The Universal Corruption in consequence of the mingling of the two lines. The anomism (or enormity) of sins before the flood. Predominant unbelief. Titanic pride. After the flood prev...
MAN'S DEGRADATION TO CORRUPTION AND VIOLENCE It was not long before mankind multiplied greatly on earth, and the dreadful effects of sin multiplied with them. this is emphasized in the corrupt mixture...
1-7 The most remarkable thing concerning the old world, is the destroying of it by the deluge, or flood. We are told of the abounding iniquity of that wicked world: God's just wrath, and his holy res...
GENESIS CHAPTER 6 Unlawful matches of the sons of God with the daughters of men, GENESIS 6:1, grieve the Spirit of God, who threatens their destruction, GENESIS 6:3. Giants and mighty men born; a gene...
Genesis 9:1-29 We have, now, arrived at a deeply-important and strongly-marked division of our book. Enoch has passed off the scene. His walk, as a stranger on earth, has terminated in his translation...
Genesis 6:1 men H120 began H2490 (H8689) multiply H7231 (H8800) on H5921 face H6440 earth H127 daughters...
‘And when men began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born to them.' This is the connecting link with Genesis 5. It assumes a gradual growth in the human race, and thus connect...
Gen. 6-7 A long period elapsed between the commencement of the building of the ark and the actual flood. During that period we notice: (1) the strength of Noah's faith. God has told him of a deluge of...
CONTENTS: Flood announced. Compromise of sons of God with daughters of men. CHARACTERS: Noah, Shem, Ham, Japheth. CONCLUSION: The true believer can float in peace on the very waters by which the wic...
Genesis 6:2. _Sons of God._ Some understand this expression of Seth's sons, who intermarried with Cain's daughters, but assign no reason for their being called the _daughters of men._ Others understan...
_The sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose_ SONS OF GOD DIFFERENT FROM THE DAUGHTERS OF MEN 1_._ In disposition. 2. In professi...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 6:1 Although God had commanded mankind to MULTIPLY (Genesis 1:28), their increasing numbers led to increasing wickedness on the earth. The problem
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 Ju...
EXPOSITION GENESIS 6:1, GENESIS 6:2 AND IT CAME TO PASS. Literally, _it was_;_ _not in immediate sequence to the preceding chapter, but at some earlier point in the antediluvian period; perhaps about...
Chapter six. It came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took...
A.M. 1556. B.C. 2448. to multiply. Genesis 1:28...
THE CORRUPTED EARTH Genesis 6:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As we approach the story of the flood, which God sent as a judgment upon the earth, which was corrupt before God and filled with violence, it will...