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NASB | Genesis 6:2 that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 6:2 that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful and desirable; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose and desired. |
Subject: What about event gaps that aren't listed |
Bible Note: Greetings JenkinsDE, I do not know of any books that deal specifically with or answer questions about 'spatial periods of time' or certain gaps of time in the Bible. That is a good question! You may want to try http://bible.crosswalk.com to see if that could shed any light on the subject. However, I do not see such a 'gap' even remotely being alluded to in the context of Genesis 2 to 3.. Also, you stated in your response: "Throughout the Bible events aren't listed spatially in order minute-by-minute, second-by-second. There are time, event, and information gaps that we will not be able to fill or understand on this side of time. We will have to wait until God reveals all knowledge in Eternity (if there will be a need for it). So when events happen in the first few chapters of Genesis, I do not assume that we are given all the information. And, there is information in the first few chapters that give more questions than answers." This is certainly true! Take Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, for instance. We don't know certain details of Jesus' life and the authors wrote with a certain purpose in mind based on what they were inspired to write. The same could be said of the book of Genesis. You also wrote: "On the topic of "greatly increasing your pain in childbirth," I tend to think on how a conversation like that would have continued if Eve had not ever had children. When I'm talking to someone, it helps to have knowledge or experience about the subject in order to be able to contribute understanding to what is being articulated. Without knowing a topic sometimes I look kind of silly trying to talk on it-trying to listen to "babble" is even harder on my brainwaves also. Would she have raised an eyebrow when God said that to her if she had no knowledge of what He was indicting her with? My thought processes, for the most part, won't allow it." There are many examples of God speaking to humanity when humanity simply didn't know or hadn't experienced yet what He was talking about. I believe that the same is true for this passage in Genesis when Eve may have 'raised an eyebrow' at the mention of 'increasing pains in childbirth'. Here are some examples for God 'revealing' things before they happened (without the 'hearer' having prior knowledge): Gen. 6:14, 12:1-3, 22:2, 24:60, 25:23, etc... Here's a NT example: John 21:15-23. And there are many others! :) You also said: "in the family history of Jesus, the ancestry does not go one father to the next son right after one another--there could be a generation or two skipped in-between those listed--and research bare testament to that fact." Could you give me specific examples or name the sources of such research that proves that Luke 3:23-38 is not a valid geneaology (without any 'gaps') between Christ and Adam? If this is so, then it would lend credence to the idea that there are 'errors' in the Word of God, which simply is not the case here or anywhere else. As I read it, the geneaology goes from Son to 'supposed' father to his father and his father, etc, etc.. without any 'gaps' in-between. Yes, the Bible does not come right out and state just who were the 'sons of God' in Genesis 6:2,4, and this issue has already been addressed and discussed at length on this Forum. (You can find those prior discussions by 'Searching' for them.) I am of the persuasion that 'sons of God' is a reference to humans. If so, what other humans could this possibly be making reference to if it wasn't the Godly line of Seth, which was necessary because of the death of Abel? I see no other way to interpret this verse as being the sons of Seth. I sincerely do appreciate you for your thoughts and I encourage you to participate on the Forum! I thank you for your input on this issue and I hope that I have at least answered some of your questions in part. I realize that you may not agree with me, and I welcome that! I do not hold all of the answers myself, but I do realize that we should guard against some of the more 'far fetched' interpretations of the Bible in favor of a more Biblically sound answer. I appreciate your comments and I hope that I have not offended or 'raised your ire' in any way.. Have a blessed day! Nolan |
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