"And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 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 6:1-2).
Who can tell what sons of God took the daughters of men to wife? Ancient Israel had a single sacrosanct God. Where do the "sons of God" come from?
2006-11-12 02:22:58 · 10 answers · asked by budi 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This is a great verse to support my ideas of creation. God's special creation the path that he would bring the Christ through the sons of Adam and Eve are the sons of Gos in that verse. The daughters of men were a natural creation of men that God used to populate the world... Jim
2006-11-12 02:56:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Hebrew word is "Elohim" which can refer to G-d and can also refer to: Judges, angels, VIPs, etc.
Case in point: G-d referred to Moses as making him as an Elohim to Pharoah, that is, an authority "lord, if you will" over Pharoah.
Now, that being the case, one can understand that verse as either:
The sons of Elohim were the sons of noblemen who took the daughters of commoners
The sons of Elohim were the sons of very spritual men (G-dly men) who took the daughters of lesser people.
2006-11-12 04:37:28 · answer #2 · answered by BMCR 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Sons of God is another name for "angles", see Job 1. Theese angles, who took on forbidden relations to the daughters of man, whre send into the abyss, see 2. Peter.
2006-11-12 02:28:09 · answer #3 · answered by MAE 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
All of God's obedient beings are his children. The preflood race were al giants, inluding Adam. All life lived longer before the flood.
2006-11-12 02:24:56 · answer #4 · answered by Cyber 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Presence
2006-11-12 02:24:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The theory that the "sons of God" are fallen angels is based, at least in part, on scriptural references to angels as "sons of God" (Job 1:6; 2:1; 38:7, for example). However, Jesus's assertion that angels do not marry (Matthew 22:30) exposes the theory as false.
In Luke 3:38, Adam is called a "son of God." Genesis 5:13 states, "In the day that God created man, He made him in the likeness of God. He created them male and female, and blessed them and called them Mankind in the day they were created. And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years, and begot a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth."
Adam, made in the image and likeness of God, is a son of God. Seth, bearing the image and likeness of Adam, would also be a son of God. Apparently, this image and likeness of God refers to Godly character more than any physical characteristic. This seems to be suggested in the fact that it was Seth's descendants who "began to call on the name of the Lord" (Genesis 4:26). Seth's line, contrasted with Cain's line, sought fellowship with God (compare Genesis 4:1624 with Genesis 5), as indicated by comparing Enoch, who "walked with God" (Genesis 5:22), with Lamach, who followed the murderous ways of his father Cain (Genesis 4:23,24).
We need not assume that the phrase "sons of God" always refers to angels. In Isaiah 43:6,7, God calls those who are called by His name His sons and daughters. In the New Testament, human followers of Christ are called "sons of God" and "children of God" (Romans 8:14,16, for example). It makes sense, then, to conclude that the God-fearing men of the line of Seth were the "sons of God" of Genesis 6. The "daughters of men," then, would be the daughters of menfrom the line of Cainwho did not fear God. Marriages between these two lines corrupted the worship of God and resulted in increased violence and ungodliness in the earth.
Some have argued that the "giants" of Genesis 6:4 were super-beings that resulted from unnatural unions between evil angels and women. However, the term translated "giants" can refer to extraordinarily large men or to power-wielding monarchs. We are not told whether these "giants" were the progeny of the sons of God and daughters of men, or whether they were physical or political giants. We are told that they were on the earth both "in those days, and also afterward." As the "mighty men who were of old, men of renown," it appears that they were powerful monarchs whose unrighteous influence contributed to the spread of wickedness upon the earth.
2006-11-12 02:28:52 · answer #6 · answered by His eyes are like flames 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus is the true son of God, however, we are all children of God. God bless
2006-11-12 02:24:45 · answer #7 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bloodline of Adam.
2006-11-12 02:27:04 · answer #8 · answered by LIVE4TRUTH 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are the fallen angels, Nephilim, Anakim, etc.
2006-11-12 02:24:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
the annunaki of ancient babylon,from space
2006-11-12 02:28:06 · answer #10 · answered by gasp 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋