God’s sons saw that men’s daughters were beautiful, and they took any that they wanted for themselves as wives.That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
Genesis 6:2 · WEBKJVRead the whole chapter →
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From this verse, the Word reaches
In parallel withJob 1:6
The same phrase names the heavenly beings who present themselves before Yahweh in Job, which is why the oldest reading takes them to be angelic.
“Now on the day when God’s sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, Satan also came among them.Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them.”
The same threadJude 1:6
Jude speaks of angels who did not keep their first domain, the rebellion the New Testament places behind the days of Noah.
“Angels who didn’t keep their first domain, but deserted their own dwelling place, he has kept in everlasting bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day.And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.”
That reaches back to this verse
The same thread (this verse)2 Peter 2:4
Peter reaches behind the flood to heavenly beings who overstepped their place, the rebellion Genesis 6 narrates.
“For if God didn’t spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved for judgment;For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;”