Prior Chapter | Prior Verse | Next Verse | Next Chapter | Next Book | Viewing NASB and Amplified 2015 | |
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: Who are the "sons of God" in Genesis 6? |
Bible Note: Hello Rick. Thank you for your post, which I find most informative. It is possible that with your Jewish background, and scholarship, you might be able to help me. I have been told that the word "Nephilim", at (Gen 6:4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.) Is translated in the Septuagint with the Greek word "Titans", and that In Greek mythology the Titans were a family of giants, the children of Uranus and Gaia, who sought to rule the heavens but were overthrown and supplanted by the family of Zeus. Is one able I wonder to conclude from this that when the translators of about 300 BC, were looking for a suitable Greek word to represent Nephilim, they chose Titans, as this was the one word which gave some idea of what they the translators understood the word Nephilim to mean, that is to say, a life form resulting "when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men," I look forward to reading your comments. OldPilgrim. |