Genesis one

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#6 So if we can agree that Enoch was a "son of God" by faith, where did he fit in, during this time period? Was he one of the fallen angels marrying women? Because it says THE sons of God did this and that, not some of them. He would have to be included in this number, correct?
 

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Sons of God:

Genesis 6:2 sons-of the Elohim (bni-e.aleim)

Genesis 6:4 sons-of the Elohim (bni-e.aleim)

Job 1:6 sons-of the Elohim (bni-e.aleim)

Job 2:1 sons-of the Elohim (bni-e.aleim)

Job 38:7 sons-of the Elohim (bni-e.aleim)

Hosea 1:10 sons of the living God (bni al-chi)

- I am looking for more!
 

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I don't find sons of God in the Old Testament except what I found!

- Here it is about angels!
 

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- Eʹnoch lived for 65 years and then became father to Me·thuʹse·lah. After becoming father to Me·thuʹse·lah, Eʹnoch continued to walk with the true God for 300 years. And he became father to sons and daughters. So all the days of Eʹnoch amounted to 365 years. Eʹnoch kept walking with the true God. Then he was no more, for God took him.


- Enoch was faithful to God!

- The angels who went down and got married with women were not faithful to God!

- On the contrary!

- They became demons!
 

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- Eʹnoch lived for 65 years and then became father to Me·thuʹse·lah. After becoming father to Me·thuʹse·lah, Eʹnoch continued to walk with the true God for 300 years. And he became father to sons and daughters. So all the days of Eʹnoch amounted to 365 years. Eʹnoch kept walking with the true God. Then he was no more, for God took him.


- Enoch was faithful to God!

- The angels who went down and got married with women were not faithful to God!

- On the contrary!

- They became demons!
The word "angel" is not in Genesis 6
 

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- First, in Genesis 6:1, we are told about men and daughters of men!

- Then, in Genesis 6:2, we are told about the sons of God who look at the daughters of men and they are beautiful!

- Thus, you have two categories: men and the sons of God!

- And it’s only when men are many on the earth that these sons of men start to look at their daughters and realize that they are beautiful!

- Men and women have always been attracted by the other gender, they didn’t need to wait till they get numerous!

- It’s the same in a small village!

- It’s the same with animals, it has always been so!

- These daughters were born to men, not to the sons of God!

- First, they see the daughters of men and they realize they are beautiful and then they take them as wives!

- Men didn’t wait to do that, they did it before!

- As a consequence, in Genesis 6:3, we are told that God will not tolerate man indefinitely!

- And Why? Because the sons of God took the daughters of men as wives!

- And then in Genesis 6:4, we are told about the Nephilim and at the same time about the sons of God who are having relations with the daughters of men who have children, the Nephilim. And these Nephilim were the mighty ones of old times, the men of fame!

- Then, in Genesis 6:5, as a consequence of the sons of God having children with women and the result the Nephilim, the situation gets really bad so that God decides to destroy humanity except Noah!

- When you look at human history, we get wars and wars, violence everywhere!

- If the flood occurred because of man, God could have destroyed humanity many times but he did once because of the sons of God!

- Then in the first part of the Bible, the expression “sons of God” is only mentioned 5 times!

- 2 times in Genesis 6:2 and Genesis 6:4!

- Then in Job1:6, Job 2:1 and Job 38:7!

- Job 1:6: Now the day came when the sons of the true God entered to take their station before God, and Satan also entered among them!

- Job 2:1: Afterward the day came when the sons of the true God entered to take their station before God, and Satan also entered among them to take his station before God!

- Job 38:7: When the morning stars joyfully cried out together, And all the sons of God began shouting in applause?

- In these 3 verses of Job, it is not said angels but sons of God and they are angels!

- Now when angels are sent by God to men (Agar - Genesis 16:7,9,10,11 – 21:17 – Lot – Genesis 19:1, 15 – Abraham Genesis 22:15 – Jacob Genesis 28:12 – 32:1), the expression is “malak” or messenger meaning angel!
 

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The word "angel" is in the Book of Job. Why doesn't it read "sons of God" there as well? Because things that are different are not the same. Angels have never been "sons of God". Tell me this: if 3 angels were "sons of God" then one of them would be a "son of God". Is that the truth or is it not? So then.........

Hebrews 1:5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?
 

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https://biblehub.com/job/1-6.htm
Job 1:6
New international version: the angels
New living translation: the members of the heavenly court
English standard version: the sons of God
Berean study bible: the sons of God
King James bible: the sons of God
New King James Version: the sons of God
New American standard bible: the sons of God
NASB 1995: the sons of God
NASB 1977: the sons of God
Amplified bible: the sons of God (angels)
Christian standard bible: the sons of God
Holman Christian standard bible: the sons of God
American standard version: the sons of God
Aramaic bible in plain English: the Sons of God
Brenton septuagint translation: the angels of God
Contemporary English version: the angels
Douay- Rheims bible: the sons of God
Good news translation: the heavenly beings
International standard version: divine beings
JPS tanakh 1917: the sons of God
Literal standard version: sons of God
New American bible: the sons of God
NET bible: the sons of God
New revised standard version: the heavenly beings
New heart English bible: the sons of God
World English bible: God’s sons
Young’s literal translation: sons of God


NOW FROM THE ORIGINAL

the sons
בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of God
הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative


NOW BACK TO GENESIS 6:6
https://biblehub.com/genesis/6-2.htm
- 21 times the sons of God
- Once the heavenly beings
- Once divine beings
- Twice God’s sons-in-l
- Once sons of God


NOW FROM THE ORIGINAL

the sons
בְנֵי־ (ḇə·nê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of God
הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods - the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative


- A TRANSLATION IS ONE THING BUT THE ORIGINAL IS THE AUTHORITY

- WHEN THE ORIGINAL SAYS ONE WORD OR ONE EXPRESSION AND THE TRANSLATION SAYS DIFFERENT WORDS OR EXPRESSIONS THERE IS NO DISCUSSION POSSIBLE

- MAN’S TRADITION WILL NEVER BE GOD’S WORD

- FOR MANY CENTURIES BIBLES WRITTEN IN VERNACULAR WERE PROHIBITED

- ONLY THOSE WHO KNEW LATIN COULD UNDERSTAND IT THAT IS A MINORITY

- NOW WE HAVE VERNACULAR BUT MANY TIMES THE TRANSLATIONS TAKE AWAY THE ORIGINAL MEANING

- WHEN THE ORIGINAL SAYS ALWAYS ONE WORD OR EXPRESSION WHEREAS TRANSLATIONS SAY DIFFERENT WORDS OR EXPRESSIONS THERE IS A BIG PROBLEM

- IT’S LIKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A BOOK AND A FILM

- THE BOOK SAYS ONE THING AND THE FILM ANOTHER ONE

- WHEN I READ A BOOK I PREFER THE ORIGINAL BECAUSE THE TRANSLATION WILL ALWAYS TRANSMIT SOMETHING ELSE

- I REMEMBER ONCE A TRANSLATOR WHO EXPLAINED SHE HAD TO GO AND LIVE FOR EXAMPLE IN CHILI IF SHE HAD TO TRANSLATE A WRITER FROM THIS COUNTRY TO HER MOTHER LANGUAGE BECAUSE NOT ONLY HISPANIC IS DIFFERENT FROM SPANISH BUT EVERY SOUTHERN AMERICAN COUNTRY HAS SPECIAL EXPRESSIONS

- AND IT IS THE SAME WITH ENGLISH AND FRENCH AND PORTUGUESE AND SO ON

- AND THERE ARE ALSO BIG DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MODERN AND ANCIENT HEBREW AND BETWEEN MODERN AND ANCIENT GREEK
 

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Here is is again.....
Hebrews 1:5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?


So If the Holy Spirit inspired the above to be written. Then why inspire "angels" to be written as "sons of God" in other places? God is not the author of confusion. However the Bible DOES define exactly what "sons of God" are in the following verses: John 1:12, Philippians 2:15, 1 John 3:1, and 1 John 3:2. That's in the King James. I don't know what the other versions say.
 

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- To start with Hebrews:

- WOW! IMPRESSIVE! YOU DON’T SEE THE DIFFERENCE! WHY DO YOU THINK THERE ARE TWO PARTS IN THE BIBLE? WHAT ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE OF CONTEXT? THE DIFFERENCE OF LANGUAGE? THE DIFFERENCE OF MESSAGE? THE DIFFERENCE OF PEOPLE? NO?

- In the first part of the Bible, when it says “sons of God” it represents the angels as a whole!

- When it says messenger(s), it is when angels are in contact with men!

- There is nothing about Jesus, about the “Son”!

- Hebrews 1:2
- a Son = Jesus = capital letter
[His] Son,
Υἱῷ (Huiō) = capital letter
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5207: A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.


- Hebrews 1:4
- the angels = one word coming from messenger
angels
ἀγγέλων (angelōn)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 32: From aggello; a messenger; especially an 'angel'; by implication, a pastor.


- Hebrews 1:5
- angels (same thing)
ἀγγέλων (angelōn)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 32: From aggello; a messenger; especially an 'angel'; by implication, a pastor.



- Hebrews 1:5,6 = my Son- your Father
For example, to which one of the angels did God ever say: “You are my son; today I have become your father”? And again: “I will become his father, and he will become my son”? But when he again brings his Firstborn into the inhabited earth, he says: “And let all of God’s angels do obeisance to him.”


My
μου (mou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

Son;
Υἱός (Huios)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5207: A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.


have become Your Father”?
γεγέννηκά (gegennēka)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1080: From a variation of genos; to procreate; figuratively, to regenerate.


His
αὐτῷ (autō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

Father,
Πατέρα (Patera)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3962: Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'.


My
μοι (moi)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

Son”?
Υἱόν (Huion)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5207: A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.


[His]
τὸν (ton)
Article - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

firstborn
πρωτότοκον (prōtotokon)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4416: First-born, eldest. From protos and the alternate of tikto; first-born.


- IF YOU GET A FIRSTBORN, IT MEANS THERE ARE OTHER SONS



God’s
Θεοῦ (Theou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

angels
ἄγγελοι (angeloi)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 32: From aggello; a messenger; especially an 'angel'; by implication, a pastor.
 

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- In the first part of the Bible, when it says “sons of God” it represents the angels as a whole!

- When it says messenger(s), it is when angels are in contact with men!

Hold that thought a sec.......

Gen 6:4
There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

Here they've already made the "contact", had the wedding with the daughter, and have now moved on procreation....but it's still calling them "sons of God"? Not "messengers" I mean...they should already be demons by then, right?
 

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- Right let’s follow biblehub:

- Genesis 6:1

Now
וַֽיְהִי֙ (way·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

when
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction


men
הָֽאָדָ֔ם (hā·’ā·ḏām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

began
הֵחֵ֣ל (hê·ḥêl)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2490: To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play

to multiply
לָרֹ֖ב (lā·rōḇ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7231: To cast together, increase, in number, to multiply by the myriad


on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the face
פְּנֵ֣י (pə·nê)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

of the earth
הָֽאֲדָמָ֑ה (hā·’ă·ḏā·māh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 127: Ground, land


and daughters
וּבָנ֖וֹת (ū·ḇā·nō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 1323: A daughter

were born
יֻלְּד֥וּ (yul·lə·ḏū)
Verb - QalPass - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

to them,
לָהֶֽם׃ (lā·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew


- So here in verse 1, men multiply and at the same time, they have daughters!
 

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You said:
- When it says messenger(s), it is when angels are in contact with men!


Genesis 6:2 The sons of God saw the daughters and took wives of all (contact made) still not called "messengers"
Genesis 6:4 The sons of God(after contact made) began procreating.....still not called "messengers"


Still calls them "sons of God" after contact was made. But you said..........never mind. I'm getting nowhere. Have a great evening brother. :)
 

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Genesis 6:2

the sons
בְנֵי־ (ḇə·nê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of God
הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

saw that
וַיִּרְא֤וּ (way·yir·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7200: To see


the daughters
בְּנ֣וֹת (bə·nō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 1323: A daughter

of men
הָֽאָדָ֔ם (hā·’ā·ḏām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

[were] beautiful,
טֹבֹ֖ת (ṭō·ḇōṯ)
Adjective - feminine plural
Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good


and they took
וַיִּקְח֤וּ (way·yiq·ḥū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3947: To take

as wives
נָשִׁ֔ים (nā·šîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female


whomever
אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

they chose.
בָּחָֽרוּ׃ (bā·ḥā·rū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 977: To try, select

- Now as a consequence, the sons of God begin to notice the daughters of men because they are beautiful!


- But they are not like men, they have no physical bodies!

- Think about all the sensors we have on our skin!

- We can feel the wind!

- We can feel any insect touching our bodies!

- Think about caresses or massages!

- We are used to it!

- But it’s so incredible!

- In fact, all our senses are incredible!

- The angels are more powerful, they have no limits of life but they have no physical body!

- No think about a human being, when he starts to think about something which is not his, the more he thinks, the more he wants it!

- Think about David and Bathsheba!

- And the angels got down and got married with women they chose!
 

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Genesis 6:3

So the LORD
יְהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

said,
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“My Spirit
רוּחִ֤י (rū·ḥî)
Noun - common singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit


{will} not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

contend
יָד֨וֹן (yā·ḏō·wn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1777: A straight course, sail direct

with man
בָֽאָדָם֙ (ḇā·’ā·ḏām)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being


forever,
לְעֹלָ֔ם (lə·‘ō·lām)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always

for
בְּשַׁגַּ֖ם (bə·šag·gam)
Preposition-b, Pronoun - relative | Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

he [is]
ה֣וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are


mortal;
בָשָׂ֑ר (ḇā·śār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man

his days
יָמָ֔יו (yā·māw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

{shall} be
וְהָי֣וּ (wə·hā·yū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be


120
מֵאָ֥ה (mê·’āh)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 3967: A hundred

years.”
שָׁנָֽה׃ (šā·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8141: A year

- In verse 3, we are only told of the sons of God getting married with women!


- And God has enough of what’s on!
 

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Genesis 6:4

The Nephilim
הַנְּפִלִ֞ים (han·nə·p̄i·lîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5303: Nephilim -- 'giants', name of two peoples, one before the flood and one after the flood

were
הָי֣וּ (hā·yū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

on the earth
בָאָרֶץ֮ (ḇā·’ā·reṣ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land


in those days,
בַּיָּמִ֣ים (bay·yā·mîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3117: A day

and
וְגַ֣ם (wə·ḡam)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

afterward as well,
אַֽחֲרֵי־ (’a·ḥă·rê-)
Preposition
Strong's 310: The hind or following part


when
אֲשֶׁ֨ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

the sons
בְּנֵ֤י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of God
הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative


had relations with
יָבֹ֜אוּ (yā·ḇō·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

the daughters
בְּנ֣וֹת (bə·nō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 1323: A daughter

of men.
הָֽאָדָ֔ם (hā·’ā·ḏām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being


And they bore
וְיָלְד֖וּ (wə·yā·lə·ḏū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

them
לָהֶ֑ם (lā·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew


[children] who
הֵ֧מָּה (hêm·māh)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

[became] the mighty men
הַגִּבֹּרִ֛ים (hag·gib·bō·rîm)
Article | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 1368: Powerful, warrior, tyrant

of old,
מֵעוֹלָ֖ם (mê·‘ō·w·lām)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always


men of renown.
הַשֵּֽׁם׃ (haš·šêm)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8034: A name

- In verse 4, we are told that the Nephilim were there at the same time and after, not before!


- It is important to have in mind “WHEN the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men!

- And they bore them (the Nephilim)!

- And these Nephilim became the mighty men, men of renown!

- They were hybrid without the possibility to have children!

- So they were only interested in power and fame!

- The sons of God were interested in women, the Nephilim in power and fame!
 

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Genesis 6:5

Then the LORD
יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

saw
וַיַּ֣רְא (way·yar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7200: To see

that
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

the wickedness
רָעַ֥ת (rā·‘aṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 7451: Bad, evil

of man
הָאָדָ֖ם (hā·’ā·ḏām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

[was] great
רַבָּ֛ה (rab·bāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 7227: Much, many, great

upon the earth,
בָּאָ֑רֶץ (bā·’ā·reṣ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

and [that] every
וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

inclination
יֵ֙צֶר֙ (yê·ṣer)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3336: A form, framing, purpose

of the thoughts
מַחְשְׁבֹ֣ת (maḥ·šə·ḇōṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 4284: A contrivance, a texture, machine, intention, plan

of his heart
לִבּ֔וֹ (lib·bōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

[was] altogether
רַ֥ק (raq)
Adverb
Strong's 7535: But, even, except, howbeit howsoever, at the least, nevertheless

evil
רַ֖ע (ra‘)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7451: Bad, evil

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the time.
הַיּֽוֹם׃ (hay·yō·wm)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day


- Before to be told about the Nephilim, with the sons of God, the situation is bad, God decides to put a limit of time on man which 120 years!

- But with the Nephilim, it’s worse!

- Wickedness is great but not only that!

- Every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil but not only that!

- Because it is all the time!

- It is like a virus going everywhere, a pandemic!
 

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Genesis 6:6

And the LORD
יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

regretted
וַיִּנָּ֣חֶם (way·yin·nā·ḥem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5162: To sigh, breathe strongly, to be sorry, to pity, console, rue, to avenge

that
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

He had made
עָשָׂ֥ה (‘ā·śāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

man
הָֽאָדָ֖ם (hā·’ā·ḏām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

on the earth,
בָּאָ֑רֶץ (bā·’ā·reṣ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

and it grieved Him
וַיִּתְעַצֵּ֖ב (way·yiṯ·‘aṣ·ṣêḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6087: To carve, fabricate, fashion, to worry, pain, anger

in
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

His heart.
לִבּֽוֹ׃ (lib·bōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

- Yes, he regretted and it grieved Him in his heart!


- And it was before the Israelites!
 

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Genesis 6:7

So the LORD
יְהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

said,
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“I will blot out
אֶמְחֶ֨ה (’em·ḥeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 4229: To stroke, rub, to erase, to smooth, grease, make fat, to touch, reach to

man,
הָאָדָ֤ם (hā·’ā·ḏām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

whom
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

I have created,
בָּרָ֙אתִי֙ (bā·rā·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 1254: To create, to cut down, select, feed

from
מֵעַל֙ (mê·‘al)
Preposition-m
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the face
פְּנֵ֣י (pə·nê)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

of the earth—
הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה (hā·’ă·ḏā·māh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 127: Ground, land

every man
מֵֽאָדָם֙ (mê·’ā·ḏām)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

and
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

beast
בְּהֵמָ֔ה (bə·hê·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 929: A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal

and
וְעַד־ (wə·‘aḏ-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

crawling creature
רֶ֖מֶשׂ (re·meś)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7431: A reptile, any other rapidly moving animal

and bird
ע֣וֹף (‘ō·wp̄)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5775: Flying creatures

of the air—
הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם (haš·šā·mā·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky

for
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

I am grieved
נִחַ֖מְתִּי (ni·ḥam·tî)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5162: To sigh, breathe strongly, to be sorry, to pity, console, rue, to avenge

that
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

I have made them.”
עֲשִׂיתִֽם׃ (‘ă·śî·ṯim)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 6213: To do, make

- now think about the different translation of the expressions “I am grieve”:
To sigh, breathe strongly, to be sorry, to pity, console, rue, to avenge!


- Now think about what will happen when Jesus comes back to clean the earth!
 

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- Yes, “MESSENGERS”!

- Definition of messenger: a person who carries a message or is employed to carry messages!

- The angels called messengers had a mission, they were supposed to transmit a message from God to men!

- When the sons of God decided to get down, they were dismissed all at once!


- Now remember that in Job, the devil had still the possibility to present himself before God like the sons of God!

Job 2:1

On another
וַיְהִ֣י (way·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

day,
הַיּ֔וֹם (hay·yō·wm)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

the sons
בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of God
הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

came
וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (way·yā·ḇō·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

to present themselves
לְהִתְיַצֵּ֖ב (lə·hiṯ·yaṣ·ṣêḇ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3320: To set or station oneself, take one's stand

before
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the LORD;
יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

and Satan
הַשָּׂטָן֙ (haś·śā·ṭān)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7854: An opponent -- Satan, the arch-enemy of good

also
גַֽם־ (ḡam-)
Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

came
וַיָּב֤וֹא (way·yā·ḇō·w)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

with them
בְּתֹכָ֔ם (bə·ṯō·ḵām)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre

to present
לְהִתְיַצֵּ֖ב (lə·hiṯ·yaṣ·ṣêḇ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3320: To set or station oneself, take one's stand

himself before
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

[Him].
יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel