Subject: The Sons of God in Genesis 6:1-4 |
Bible Note: Jesusman, I sent this to our Brother...Tim: If you would please indulge me some: Gen 4:16, Cain LEFT the presence of the Lord and went to start his own family. Gen 4:25, Adam and Eve had a son, named him Seth. Gen 5 now starts the NEW (?) lineage of Adam. And goes thru about a couple thousand years or so?? ( i didnt do the math ...so please dont make a deal of this ) Gen 6 now starts a new and expanded view of what was just read. Very much like Gen 1 - a whole lot of work is done...Gen 2 explains in greater detail what was done. So is Gen 6 an expansion - explanantion of things that took place in the previous Chapter. Since - CAIN has been disowned in chapter 4...all references to "men multiplying" vs 1 of Chap 6 is very likely the line of Seth. Breakdown: Gen 4 Cain is disowned...then Seth is born. Gen 5 ...lineage of mankind is now the topic. Mankind is seen as being specifically the line of Seth. Gen 6 ...is now Cain brought back into the picture?? Or is Gen 6 still following the pattern set up as Mankind (chp 5) from Seth ? I have to conclude that Mankind multiplying is the line of Seth. If daughters are born to them (mankind) then these daughters are in the line of Seth. So now comes the hard stuff? The "sons of God" (line of Seth) came into the daughters of men (line of Seth) ?? Quite the conundrum, ya think? Would love to hear your view on the previous chapters and the context therein. *shalom* D |