Génesis 6:2-Números RVA

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Genesis 6:1-22

THE FLOODGenesis 5:1-32; Genesis 6:1-22; Genesis 7:1-24; Genesis 8:1-22; Genesis 9:1-29THE first great event which indelibly impressed itself on the memory of the primeval world was the Flood. There is every reason to believe that this catastrophe was co-extensive with the human population of the world. In every branch of the human family traditions of the event are found. These traditions need not be recited, though some of them bear a remarkable likeness to the Biblical story, while others... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Genesis 6:1-8

CHAPTER 6:1-8 The Increasing Corruption 1. The sons of God and the daughters of men (Genesis 6:1-2 ) 2. The warning of Jehovah (Genesis 6:3 ) 3. Increased wickedness (Genesis 6:4-6 ) 4. Judgment announced (Genesis 6:7 ) 5. Noah found grace (Genesis 6:8 ) The question is who are the sons of God who took the daughters of men. The general view is that the sons of God were the pious descendants of Seth and the daughters of men, the Cainitish offspring. However, there are strong arguments... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Genesis 6:2

6:2 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 that had wicked parents, as if from Cain.(c) Having more respect for their beauty and worldly considerations than for their manners and godliness. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 6:1-22

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 of "the sons of God" with "the daughters of men." We have seen in Chapter 5 that the line of Seth maintained "the likeness of God" in some measure at least, therefore they are called "the sons of God:" they were separate from the evils of the line of Cain. so today in the coming out from among... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Genesis 6:1-8

THE FIRST CULMINATION OF SIN DEGENERATION The results of civilization were morally downward instead of upward, even the Sethites becoming corrupted in time as seen in the fact that after Enoch’s translation only Noah and his family were found faithful. Just as the translation of Enoch was a type of that of the church when Jesus comes, so the moral condition of the world after his translation is a type of that which shall prevail after the translation of the Church (see Luke 18:8 ; 2... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Genesis 6:1-22

Noah's Flood Gen 6:13 This is exactly the tone of the creative chapters of the Bible. It is important to remember this, as showing that God's sovereignty has two distinct but consistent operations, it creates, and it destroys, and the creature may not say, What doest thou? It is important, too, to remember that no middle point is proposed between creation and destruction; and as the one is taken literally, so the other must be taken in its plain and obvious meaning: when God "creates," he... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Genesis 6:2

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 29:16 . Observe the different expressions: sons of God, and daughters of men. If you turn to Genesis 4:26 you there discover that the children of Seth are said to call on the name of the Lord; including both sons and daughters; and hence, therefore, these are meant by the sons of God. See 2... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Genesis 6:2

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 earth, are called the children of men. The unhappy consequence of the former marrying with the latter, ought to be a warning to Christians to be very circumspect in their marriages; and not to suffer themselves to be determined in choice by their carnal passion, to the prejudice of virtue or... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 6:1-7

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 resolution to punish it. In all ages there has been a peculiar curse of God upon marriages between professors of true religion and its avowed enemies. The evil example of the ungodly party corrupts or greatly hurts the other. Family religion is put an end to, and the children are trained up according... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Genesis 6:1-4

The Wickedness of Men v. 1. And it came to pass when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, v. 2. 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 to the lusts of their mind. But in the course of time this corruption spread also to the families of the pious, to the sons of God, to the believers,... read more