Genesis 6:4-5

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

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

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 6:1-8

6:1-9:29 REBELLION AND JUDGMENTThe wickedness of human society (6:1-8)As the population grew and societies developed, people again showed the tendency to want to exist independently of God. Like their original ancestors, they wanted to be as God and live for ever (cf. 3:5,22).It seems that certain angels (the probable meaning of ‘sons of God’ in this story; cf. Job 1:6; Job 38:7; Daniel 3:25) had, in rebellion against God, taken human form and co-operated with ambitious people in trying to... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 6:4

giants = Nephilim. See App-25 . those days = "the days of Noah. " also after that = after their destruction by the Flood, as well as before it. There was another irruption, the result being like those "of old". See notes on Genesis 12:6 with Genesis 13:7 ; also App-23 and App-25 . renown. Hebrew the men of name. The "heroes" of the Greek mythology. The remains of primitive truth, corrupted in transmission. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 6:5

GOD = Jehovah. App-4 . wickedness = lewdness, moral depravity. App-44 . great = multiplied. Very emphatic. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 6:4

"The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them; the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.""The Nephilim were in the earth in those days ..." This is a citation of the time when the unlawful marriages proliferated and represents those marriages as "an event that followed the appearance of the Nephilim."[7] We must therefore disagree with Willis who thought that the... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 6:5

"And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually."What is visible here is the total corruption of humanity. The very citadel of human life, the heart, which in Hebrew thought meant the mind, was devoted exclusively to the contemplation of evil, and there were no exceptions. Furthermore, there were no men anywhere (with the exception noted in Genesis 6:8) who varied from this pattern; and there... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 6:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 6:5

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

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 6:1-8

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 6:4

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 6:5

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 6:4

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 6:5

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