Genesis 6:5 KJV

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

John Gill

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 6:5

The wickedness of man was great - What an awful character does God give of the inhabitants of the antediluvian world! 1. They were flesh, ( Genesis 6:3 ;), wholly sensual, the desires of the mind overwhelmed and lost in the desires of the flesh, their souls no longer discerning their high destiny, but ever minding earthly things, so that they were sensualized, brutalized, and become flesh; incarnated so as not to retain God in their knowledge, and they lived, seeking their portion in this... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 6:5

Verse 5 5.And God saw that the wickedness of man was great. Moses prosecutes the subject to which he had just alluded, that God was neither too harsh, nor precipitate in exacting punishment from the wicked men of the world. And he introduces God as speaking after the manner of men, by a figure which ascribes human affections to God; (269) because he could not otherwise express what was very important to be known; namely, that God was not induced hastily, or for a slight cause, to destroy the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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 6:5

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 6:5

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 6:4-5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 6:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 6:5

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 6:5

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 6:5

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

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

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