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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: further question on "Sons of God" |
Bible Note: Shalom Jim, I have to apologize. I answered your first post far too quickly. I used to use, way back in the '70s and 80's, a Dake Annotated and sometimes old beliefs find their way back in my mind. I'm still not too sure about how "righteous" these men were (you're note of "all men began to call upon the name of the Lord" is one I had just sort of skirted over and will have to re-read and ponder on), but they were indeed men. I had forgotten that this was before Moses and Sinai and also I had forgotten about "everything after its own kind" from Gen. 1 and 2. Wouldn't the mixture of angel and human woman be much like the donkey and horse? a mule that cannot reproduce. So, even if the "sons of god" had been angels and they did manage to produce offspring with human women, I imagine that God would have similar non-reproduction built in, and we wouldn't have the narrative in Genesis that we do have. Once again, I'm at fault here. I should not have answered so quickly. still learning Cheri |