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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...
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- 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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...
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_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...
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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.'...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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וַֽ יְהִי֙ כִּֽי ־הֵחֵ֣ל הָֽ אָדָ֔ם לָ
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THE FLOOD
Genesis 5:1; Genesis 6:1; Genesis 7:1; Genesis 8:1; Genesi
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The Wickedness of Men...
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And it came to pass when men began to multiply on the face of the
earth, and daughters were born unto them,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Genesis 6:1 men H120 began H2490 (H8689) multiply H7231 (H8800) on
H5921 face H6440 earth H127 daughters...
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‘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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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A.M. 1556. B.C. 2448. to multiply. Genesis 1:28...
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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...
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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....