Who are the sons of God in Genesis 6

Gen 6:1  Now it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,

Gen 6:2  that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves of all whom they chose.

First notice how the Holy Spirit phrased the sentence,  The “sons of God”, and the “daughters of men”, denoting different groups. Then the phrase “sons of God”.

Here is every occurrence of the phrase in the old testament.  I’ll get to the new testament in a bit.  In my reading none of these passages speak of men, but rather angels.

Gen 6:2  the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose. 

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 man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.

Job 1:6  Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them.

Job 2:1  Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them to present himself before the LORD. 

Job 38:7  when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy? 

Gen 6:3  And the LORD said, "My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years."

Gen 6:4  There were giants 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.

This verse indicates that the giants were the result when the sons of God came into the daughters of men. The giants did not inherit giantism from Adam but rather they came as a result of this co-habitation.  This went on before the flood and after the flood. The word translated giant is nephil It means, fallen or fallen ones.  The suffix im in Hebrew is the plural. Nephil-im , or the fallen ones. Why would this be used to describe the offspring of Godly men and the pagan women?

Gen 6:5  Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Gen 6:6  And the LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.

Gen 6:7  So the LORD said, "I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them."

Gen 6:8  But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

Noah and the Flood

Gen 6:9  This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God.

Perfect in his generations?  Perfect how? The Hebrew word is Tamyim it means without blemish, genetically.  When offering a animal to God as a sacrifice, that animal had to be perfect, not one that was cripple or had a blemish. The genetically best that you had. That is the main way this word Tamyim is used in scripture.

Exo_12:5  Your lambH7716 shall beH1961 without blemish,H8549 a maleH2145 of the firstH1121 year:H8141 ye shall take it outH3947 fromH4480 the sheep,H3532 or fromH4480 the goats:H5795

Exo_29:1  And thisH2088 is the thingH1697 thatH834 thou shalt doH6213 unto them to hallowH6942 them, to minister unto me in the priest's office:H3547 TakeH3947 oneH259 youngH1121 H1241 bullock,H6499 and twoH8147 ramsH352 without blemish,H8549

Lev_1:3  IfH518 his offeringH7133 be a burnt sacrificeH5930 ofH4480 the herd,H1241 let him offerH7126 a maleH2145 without blemish:H8549 he shall offerH7126 it of his own voluntary willH7522 atH413 the doorH6607 of the tabernacleH168 of the congregationH4150 beforeH6440 the LORD.H3068

Lev_1:10  And ifH518 his offeringH7133 be ofH4480 the flocks,H6629 namely, ofH4480 the sheep,H3775 orH176 ofH4480 the goats,H5795 for a burnt sacrifice;H5930 he shall bringH7126 it a maleH2145 without blemish.H8549

God wanted someone whose gene pool had not been corrupted by the sons of God. Wanted him for what, what was the purpose of the flood? What was the purpose of the sons of God taking human women and producing monstrous offspring? I submit the reason the angel attempt to corrupt the bloodline of mankind is to prevent the Messiah from being incarnated into a man. If they can so pollute the human gene pool so that man is no longer just man. And flood was to wipe out the polluted blood line.

Before the flood men lived for almost 1000yrs I believe this how you got the giants. Some believe that the dinosaurs, the gigantic ones became that way because lizards grow all their life and if they are living 900yrs they would grow very large. It may be these giants, (nephilhim) are the same. In verse 3 God say that His Spirit will no longer strive with men and his days shall be120 years. Why? In a 900 year life you can really perfect sinning. Also maybe to keep the offspring of angels who continued to go in to the daughters of men from becoming “Fallen Ones”, Nephlihim, giants.

There is a strange verse in Jude:

Jud 1:6  And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day;

What is that about? Angels who did not keep their proper domain? Left their own abode? Now they are in a prison of sorts? What on earth did they do? This is not speaking of angels final punishment the lake of fire, Jude indicates they are there now. That word abode is important.

It is the greek word  oikētērion. Since scripture is the best lexicon for word usage let’s see how else the word is translated.  By God’s providence it is used only one other place.

Here is the verse in context. :

2Co 5:1-5  For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.  (2)  For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our habitation   (oikētērion) which is from heaven,  (3)  if indeed, having been clothed, we shall not be found naked.  (4)  For we who are in this tent groan, being burdened, not because we want to be unclothed, but further clothed, that mortality may be swallowed up by life.  (5)  Now He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.

What is Paul talking about here? Our earthly house, our tent, a building from God, our habitation?  Our body!! First the earthly one,(House,Tent) then our heavenly one. (building from God, our habitation).

So let’s substitute body for abode.

Jud 1:6  And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own body, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day;

What about domain? The greek word is arche’. This the only place it is translated Domain, other ways it is translated is “beginnings” and “Principality”. Let try it again:

Jud 1:6  And the angels who did not keep their proper beginnings or principality, but left their own body, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day;

Who else in scripture could this be other than the angels from Genesis 6 and afterward.

To be continued…

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