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. Journal of the Franklin Institute - Page 711869Full view - About this book
| John Marsh - 1827 - 498 pages
...874 182 | 595 777 1651 Noah 1056 500 1 the inspired historian, " there were giants in those days ; when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became men of renown ;" — no doubt, the men of whom Enoch prophesied... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1828 - 780 pages
...angt-li. «That the Sons of Cod saw the daughters of mea, that they were fair,» etc. «There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after...Sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, l he чате became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.» —... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1828 - 406 pages
...of angels•' That the Sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were fair," &c. " There were giants in the earth in those days ; and also after...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,... | |
| Timothy Dwight - 1828 - 536 pages
...indefensible union became, as we learn, eminently licentious " and also," says the sacred historian, " 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 sa\v,*that... | |
| 1828 - 396 pages
...predicated on Gen. vi. 2— 4. "The sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were fair, fee. and also when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, &.c." — See the text. The story indeed, might have been predicated upon an ancient tradition ; but... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1829 - 628 pages
...joined with the wicked World, principally by means of intermarriages with them ; as Gen. vi. 1, 2, 4. "And it came to pass, when men began to multiply...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." By the sons... | |
| 1829 - 1012 pages
...with man, for that he also is flesh : yet his days shall be a hundred and twenty years. 4 There were giants in the earth in those days ; and also after...sons of God came in unto the daughters of men. and they bare children to them: the same Directions for the ark. Tlit flood. became mighty men, which retre... | |
| Voltaire - 1829 - 354 pages
...narration has its origin in the 16th chapter of Genesis, where we find written as follows. " There were giants in " the earth in those days ; and also after that, " when the sons of God came in unto the daugh" ters of men, and they bare children to them ; " the same became mighty men, which were of "... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1830 - 632 pages
...joined with the wicked world, principally by means of intermarriages with them ; as Gen. vi. 1, 2, 4. "And it came to pass, when men began to multiply...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." By the sons... | |
| Thomas Thomson - 1830 - 696 pages
...extravagant opinion, obviously founded on a misunderstanding of a passage in the sixth chapter of Genesis. " And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on...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." . There... | |
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