Key Verse Spotlight
Genesis 6:4 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“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.”
Genesis 6:4
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they {were} fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also {is} flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
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.
And GOD saw that the wickedness of man {was} great in the earth, and {that} every imagination of the thoughts of his heart {was} only evil continually. {every...: or, the whole imagination: the Hebrew word signifieth not only the imagination, but also the purposes and desires} {continually: Heb. every day}
And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
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