...united. We are told by the sacred writer, that " when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God...took them wives of all which they chose." This was the first step towards provoking that awful visitation, the general Deluge ; the wickedness occasioned...

...having taken the subject from the second verse of the 6th chapter of Genesis : " And it came to pass, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that...were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose." The two poets presumed that the Sons of God were angels, which opinion is also entertained...

...Shcm, Ham, and Japheth. A AND it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and and as smoke to the eyes, So is the sluggard to them that send him. of 2 men that they were fair ; and they took them wives of all which they chose. 3 And the LORD said,...

...never marry, or, as good, or, at least, as .ill, as marry? How many of the ancients take those words, That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that...were fair, and they took them wives of all which they chose13, to be intended of angels? They offer to tell us how many these married angels were ; Origen...

...to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that...fair ; and they took them wives of all which they chose. The abounding iniquity and prevailing wickedness of the old world was the procuring, provoking...

...never marry, or, as good, or, at least, as ill, as marry ? How many of the ancients take those words, That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that...were fair, and they took them wives of all which they chose1*, to be intended of angels? They offer to tell us how many these married angels were ; Origen...

...themselves, which will amply repay them, both as respects the poetry and the moral. Moses has said that " The sons of God saw the daughters of men that...fair ; and they took them wives of all which they chose." Following up the idea which some commentators have maintained, Mr. Reade has betaken himself...

...explained. (Gen. vi. 1, 2.) " 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...were fair, and they took them wives of all which they chose." Here the barrier was broken down, the " sons of God" formed worldly alliances, no longer looking...

...to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that...fair ; and they took them wives of all which they chose. 3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh :...

...increase of depravity on the face of the earth. " And it came to pass, when men began to multiply, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair, and they took unto them wives of all which they chose." (Gen. vi.) The...