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1 | For debate purposes only | Gen 6:4 | Makarios | 3239 | ||
Very good question! This quite possibly could be the 'reasoning' behind the beginnings of Greek and Roman mythology, being that the 'sons of God' co-habitated with the daughters of men and created offspring. In Greek mythology, Zeus was noted for this type of behavior and Achilles was born. (Sorry, I'm not 'up to snuff' on Greek mythology- been a long time since I read the Illiad and the Odyssey :) ). But this type of thought could be a logical way to explain some aspects of the birth of pagan mythology. There are no doubt other situations in the Bible that are twisted in this way also.I have always interpreted Genesis 6:4 in this way: that the 'sons' of God were the descendants in the line of Seth as opposed to being angels. But I could be mistaken. The "Nephilim" could be referring to Dinosaurs here, but that meaning is not clear. | ||||||
2 | For debate purposes only | Gen 6:4 | kalos | 3243 | ||
The *Nephilim* in the Bible are "people of great size and strength. The Hebrew word means 'fallen ones.' In men's eyes they were the 'mighty men...of old, men of renown,' but in God's eyes they were sinners ('fallen ones') ripe for judgment." (Zondervan NASB Study Bile, p. 12) . . . "Gen 6:4 *Nephilim.* From a root meaning 'to fall'; i.e., to fall upon others because they were men of strength (only other use of this Hebrew word is in Num 13:33) Evidently they were in the earth before the marriages of Gen 6:2, and were not the offspring of those marriages from which came the *mighty* men (military men) and *men of renown * (of wealth or power)". (p. 16, Ryrie Study Bible, Moody Press, 1976, 1978) . . . "Gen 6:1-4 *sons of God.* The 'sons of God' may mean God's created, supernatural beings, who were no longer godly in character (6.3). Some commentators believe, however, that this expression refers to the 'godly line' of Seth and that 'daughters of humans' (v. 4 in the NRSV) refer to women from the line of Cain. Most likely the phrase refers to those descendants of Seth who trusted in the Lord but whose children intermarried with women descended from Cain. Those marriages were not with angels then, but between godly and ungodly human families. Angels neither marry nor are given in marriage (Mt 22:30), so that this verse hardly applies to them. ... *Nephilim* are strong, violent, tyrannous men of great wickedness. It may well be that the explanation of these verses has been lost to us." (NRSV Harper Study Bible, Harold Lindsell, Ph.D., D.D., Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 1991) . . . The subject of who the Nephilim were, who the "sons of God" were, and what the meaning of Gen 6:4 might be has been addressed at this Forum by many postings. For further info, use the Search function at this website and enter the word Nephilim in the box to the right of the heading "contain these words." |
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3 | For debate purposes only | Gen 6:4 | Makarios | 3251 | ||
Yes, I agree with JVM that the 'sons' of God were from the line of Seth who intermarried with the daughters of Cain. I respect granma's position on this, though, because my roommate in college had the same view: that the sons in Gen. 6:4 were angels. But I am a firm believer that the 'fall' of Lucifer and his angels was not in this episode, but much earlier when Lucifer rebelled in heaven because of his envy of God's Throne. I just added the mention of the Nephilim to stir up a discussion, I knew it was not referring to the Dinosaurs even though I believe that the Dinosaurs ARE mentioned in the Bible. And the Zondervan NASB Study Bible is a very good Bible by the way, the same one that I own and use! | ||||||
4 | For debate purposes only | Gen 6:4 | granma_ota | 3260 | ||
Just for my information, what is the Biblical backup of the daughters of men being the daughters of Cain? | ||||||
5 | For debate purposes only | Gen 6:4 | reformedreader | 3264 | ||
granma ota, The daughters of men is obviously referring to human women since they had the ability to bare children. The Bible is completely silent on the idea of them being the daughters of Cain. Sam Hughey |
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