We do not know who ‘the sons of God’ were. Some people suggest that they were *angels. Those people think that 2 Peter 2:4 tells us this. But perhaps the ‘sons of God’ were *descendants of Seth who married *descendants of Cain.
- 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 SONS OF GOD. angels. See App-23, and App-26. GOD. _ha-Elohim =_ the Creator. MEN: in contrast with angels. Hebrew. _ha-'adham,_ singular. _the man Adam._ See App-14. THEY: emph. WIVES. women....
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...
_that the sons of God_, &c. This is one of the most disputed passages in the book. But the difficulty, in a great measure, disappears, if it is frankly recognized, that the verse must be allowed to ha...
_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...
_THAT THE SONS OF GOD SAW THE DAUGHTERS OF MEN THAT THEY WERE FAIR; AND THEY TOOK THEM WIVES OF ALL WHICH THEY CHOSE._ The sons of God saw the daughters of men. This is a difficult passage, and vario...
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...
THE SONS OF GOD] This expression occurs in other passages, e.g. Job 1:6; Job 38:7; Daniel 3:25 RV, where it is evident that the angels are meant, and this seems the only possible explanation here. It...
THE SONS OF GOD.... — The literal translation of this verse is, _And the sons of the Elohim saw the daughters of the adam that they were good_ (beautiful); _and they took to them wives whomsoever they...
וַ יִּרְא֤וּ בְנֵי ־הָֽ אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶת ־בְּנֹ֣
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...
That the (a) sons of God saw the daughters (b) of men that they [were] (c) fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. (a) The children of the godly who began to degenerate. (b) Those th...
The sons of God. The descendants of Seth and Enos are here called Sons of God, from their religion and piety: whereas the ungodly race of Cain, who by their carnal affections lay grovelling upon the e...
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. The increase of mankind is, in itself a blessing. Genesis 1:28. But see Proverbs 2...
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...
2._That they were fair_. Moses does not deem it worthy of condemnation that regard was had to beauty, in the choice of wives; but that mere lust reigned. For marriage is a thing too sacred to allow th...
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...
THAT THE SONS OF GOD SAW THE DAUGHTERS OF MEN, THAT THEY WERE FAIR,.... Or "good" k, not in a moral but natural sense; goodly to look upon, of a beautiful aspect; and they looked upon, and only regard...
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they [were] fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. Ver. 2. _That the sons of God saw the daughters._] Sons of God; such as had call...
_The sons of God_ Those who were called by the name of the Lord, and called upon that name; married _the daughters of men_ Those that were profane, and strangers to God. The posterity of Seth did not...
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...
that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. The Cainites had long since forsaken the Lord and His worship and lived according t...
The Wickedness of Men...
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...
THE SONS OF GOD; either, 1. Persons of greatest eminency for place and power, for such are called _gods, _ and _children of the Most High,_ PSALMS 82:6; where also they are opposed to _men,_ GENESIS 6...
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 6:2 sons H1121 God H430 saw H7200 (H8799) daughters H1323 men H120 they H2007 beautiful H2896 took...
‘And the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair, and took to wife such of them as they chose.' In the Old Testament the term the ‘sons of God' (bene ha-elohim) always refers to heavenly b...
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...
the sons. Genesis 4:26 Exodus 4:22 Exodus 4:23 Deuteronomy 14:1 Psalms 82:6
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...
The sons of God — Those who were called by the name of the Lord, and called upon that name, married the daughters of men — Those that were profane, and strangers to God. The posterity of Seth did not...
Were the “Sons of God” angels who married women? PROBLEM: The phrase “sons of God” is used exclusively in the OT to refer to angels (Job 1:6; Job 2:1; Job 38:7). However, the NT informs us that angels...