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15 Bible Commentaries on Genesis 6: 2
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Commentary by Jason
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5/30/2009 01:18 am 
evreywhere i search online or elsewhere is the seth/cain line as an excuse not to look at the WHOLE story here. within a very few phrases of this story. it says they were NEPHILIM—(fallen ones). they were not fully human. they were hybrid– half human, half fallen angel. also, if there was an environmental thing going on, EVERYTHING and EVERYONE would have been larger, so there wouldnt be any giants if they were all larger. everyone lived in the same atmosphere. “there were nephilim in the earth in those days”, deal with it
Commentary by JRPosted on:
5/30/2009 00:50 am 
Adam is called the son of God in Luke 3:38. Angels are called the sons of God in the book of Job. Those who received the word of God are called the son of God,as was observed by the Lord Jesus.Those who are born again are called the sons of God. Jesus is also called the Son of God.
What could be the possible meaning of the sons of God in Genesis 6:2? In this verse we have the reference to the daughters of men as well. A similar phrase is found in Genesis 11:5. The children of men or the sons of men so to say. If we look at verses 8-10, we have the refernece of Nimrod who was the builder of Babel( Babylon). It is likely therefore that the tower of babel was built under his leadership. Nimrod is the son of Cush, in the line of the cursed lineage of Ham, and is decribed as the great hunter before(agianst) God. It is likely therefore that the decendants of the ungodly lineage are called the sons of men, whereas those of the godly lineage ( of Seth) are called the sons of God. Thus the meaning may be that the sons of God (decendants of godly lineage) married daughters of men ( ungodly decendants). This is however one of the possible intepretations.
Commentary by Jayant ChristianPosted on:
5/11/2009 16:22 pm 
As for giants, Ken Hovin (or was it Kent?) had some interesting information about the pre-flood environment and the effects it may have had to life on earth. Very interesting things about air pressure causing snakes to stop producing venom, making plants grow larger, all backed up by studies done in hyperbaric (spelling?) chambers using filtered sunlight. Google it. It is interesting. (And yes I know about Hovin’s tax problems)
Commentary by Jason W. ElderPosted on:
5/10/2009 04:57 am
i would like to make the point that all the New Testament tenses I’ve seen for Sons of God use words like now or because of. which i would say are in referace to Christ death and reserection. In 1John 3:1, the Bible says, “Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God…” “Beloved,” we weren’t always ‘in the family,’ but thank God,[for Christs death and reserection] “…NOW are we THE SONS OF GOD…” [1John 3:2].