創世記 6:4-6 JCB

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 6:1-5

The demoralization of the race. This was due to— I. THE LONG LIVES OF THE ANTEDILUVIANS . Long life, if helpful to the good, is much more injurious to the wicked. Giants in health and life are often giants in wickedness. II. THE UNHOLY ALLIANCES OF THE SETHITES AND CAINITES . Nothing so demoralizing as marriage with an evil woman. Its bad effects are commonly transmitted to, and intensified in, posterity. III. THE DEPRAVITY INDUCED BY THE FALL , which... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 6:1-8

The days that were before the flood ( Matthew 24:38 ). I. SIN INCREASING . 1. Licentiousness raging . The special form it assumed was that of sensuous gratification, leading to a violation of the law of marriage. In the seventh age Lamech the Cainite became a polygamist. By and by the sons of God, captivated by the charms of beauty, cast aside the bonds of self-restraint, and took them wives of all whom they chose. 2. Violence prevailing . Those who begin by breaking the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 6:1-8

The work of sin. The moral chaos out of which the new order is about to be evolved. We find these features in the corrupt state depicted. I. ILL - ASSORTED MARRIAGES . The sons of God— i.e. the seed of the righteous, such men as the patriarchs described in Genesis 5:1-32 ; men who walked with God, and were his prophets—fell away from their allegiance to the Divine order, and went after the daughters of the Cainites, The self-will and mere carnal affections are denoted by the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 6:4

There were . Not became, or arose, as if the giants were the fruit of the previously-mentioned misalliances; but already existed contemporaneously with the sons of God (cf. Keil, Havernick, and Lange). Giants . Nephilim, from naphal, to fall; hence supposed to describe the offspring of the daughters of men and the fallen angels (Hoffman, Delitzsch). The LXX , translate by γι ì γαντες ; whence the "giants" of the A . V . and Vulgate, which Luther rejects as fabulous; but... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 6:5

And God (Jehovah, which should have been rendered 'the Lord') saw —indicative of the long-continued patience (Calvin) of the Deity, under whose immediate cognizance the great experiment of the primeval age of the world was wrought out— that the wickedness ( ra'ath ; from the root raa, to make a loud noise, to rage, hence to be wicked) of man (literally, of the Adam : this was the first aggravation of the wickedness which God beheld; it was the tumultuous rebellion of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 6:6

And it repented the Lord . Yinnahem ; from naham, to pant, to groan; Niph; to lament, to grieve bemuse of the misery of others, also because of one's own actions; whence to repent (cf. German, rouen ; English, rue : Gesenius); = "it grieved him at his heart." " Verbum nostae pravitatae accommodatum " (Chrysostom); " non est perturbatio, sod judi-cium, quo irrogatur pinna;" and again, "poenitudo Dei est mutandorum immutabilis ratio ". " Deus est immutabilis; sed cum ii,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 6:1-8

- The Growth of Sin3. דון dı̂yn “be down, strive, subdue, judge.” בשׁגם bāshagām “inasmuch, as also.” The rendering “in their error” requires the pointing בשׁגם beshāgām, and the plural form of the following pronoun. It is also unknown to the Septuagint.4. נפילים nepı̂lı̂ym “assailants, fellers, men of violence, tyrants.”Having traced the line of descent from Adam through Sheth, the seed of God, to Noah, the author proceeds to describe the general spread and growth of moral evil in the race... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 6:4

Genesis 6:4. There were giants Men so called partly for their high stature, but principally for their great strength and force, whereby they oppressed and tyrannised over others. For this is mentioned as another sin and cause of the flood. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 6:5

Genesis 6:5. God saw that the wickedness of man, &c. Abundance of sin was committed in all places, by all sorts of people; and those sins in their own nature most gross, and heinous, and provoking; and committed daringly, and in defiance of heaven. And that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually A sad sight, and very offensive to God’s holy eye! This was the bitter root, the corrupt spring: all the violence and oppression, all the luxury and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 6:6

Genesis 6:6. It repented the Lord, it grieved him at his heart Properly speaking, God cannot repent, Numbers 23:19, 1 Samuel 15:11-29; for he is perfectly wise and unchangeable in his nature and counsels, Malachi 3:6, and James 1:17. Neither is he liable to grief or disappointment, being constantly happy. But this is spoken of God after the manner of men, by the same figure of speech whereby eyes, ears, hands, and feet are ascribed to God, and must be understood so as not to reflect on his... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 6:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 6:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 6:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 6:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 6:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 6:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 6:1-8

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 6:4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 6:5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 6:6

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