Gen6-1-4
The Greek expression uioi tou Theou literally means sons of God. The term is only used when speaking of men or heavenly messengers who are God’s direct creations, never as the progeny of men, who are referred to as the uioi tou anthropois – the sons of men. So, ‘the sons of God’ referred to at Genesis 6:3 must refer to God’s heavenly sons, since the only earthly son of God up to that time was Adam. Note that the women referred to here were called ‘the daughters of men.’
Do God’s heavenly messengers have sex organs that would be
aroused by seeing beautiful women? No, for Jesus indicated (at Matthew
Apparently, the exploits of these hybrid giants were still being recounted by unrighteous men in Moses’ time, making them (as Moses wrote) ‘famous.’ The Greek Gods and fabled strong men such as Hercules come immediately to mind.
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1 Now, as the population of men on the earth had grown and they fathered daughters, 2 the sons of God noticed that the daughters of men were beautiful; so they took all whom they chose to be their wives.
3 Then Jehovah God said, ‘I won’t allow them to retain their breath that allows them to be flesh through the [rest of] the age. So, their [lives] will only last one-hundred and twenty [more] years.’
4 Back then there were giants on the earth, [because], after the sons of God [had sex with] the daughters of men, the [women] bore children, and these [children] became the giants of that age – the famous men.
5 Now, Jehovah God saw that all that the badness that men were doing on the earth was increasing, and that the entire motivation of their hearts was always twisted toward evil. 6 So, God became angry over the fact that He had created man on the earth, and He started thinking it over. 7 And God said, ‘I will wipe these men that I made off the face of the earth – from men, to cattle, and winged creatures of the sky – for I have reconsidered the fact that I made them.’
8 However, Noah found mercy in the eyes of Jehovah God.
9 This is the account of Noah’s generation: Noah was a righteous man, [almost] perfect [when compared to] that generation. Noah pleased God well, 10 and he fathered three sons; Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 As God saw it, the land had become unclean and the earth was filled with unrighteousness. 12 So, when Jehovah God looked at the earth, all He saw was corruption, because all flesh had become dirty in the things they were doing. 13 So, Jehovah God told Noah, ‘A season is now in front of me [that will lead to the end of] all men, because the earth is filled with their unrighteousness. Look, I’m going to destroy both them and the earth. 14 So, make a chest of square timbers for yourself and [divide the] chest into stalls. Then cover both the inside and outside of it with tar.
15 ‘This is how you should build the chest: [Make it] five-hundred feet long, eighty feet wide, and fifty feet tall. 16 Then cover it and leave about 20-inches of headroom at the top. Also, put a door in the side of the chest and make a bottom floor, a second floor, and a third floor inside.
17 ‘Then {Look!} I’m going to bring a downpour of water onto the ground to destroy all flesh under the sky that has the breath of life, and whatever is on the earth will end. 18 Thereafter, I will initiate a Sacred Agreement between you and Me.’
19 ‘[I want you to] bring all [types of] cattle, slithering animals, and wild animals – all [types of] flesh – into the chest, by pairs of males and females. Then bring food for them and yourselves. 20 They should all eat with you, both the males and females… all types of winged creatures, all types of cattle, and all types of slithering animals that crawl along the ground. 21 Gather all kinds of food for yourselves, so you all will have something eat.’
22 And Noah did everything that Jehovah God told him to do.