John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 6:5
And God saw the wickedness of man was great in the earth ,.... That it spread throughout the earth, wherever it was inhabited by men, both among the posterity of Cain and Seth, and who indeed now were mixed together, and become one people: this respects actual transgressions, the wicked actions of men, and those of the grosser sort, which were "multiplied" F18 רבה "augescere", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "multiplicaretur", Schmidt. as the word also signifies; they were both... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 6:4-5
We have here a further account of the corruption of the old world. When the sons of God had matched with the daughters of men, though it was very displeasing to God, yet he did not immediately cut them off, but waited to see what would be the issue of these marriages, and which side the children would take after; and it proved (as usually it does), that they took after the worst side. Here is, I. The temptation they were under to oppress and do violence. They were giants, and they were men of... read more