Verse (Click for Chapter) New International VersionThe Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.New Living TranslationIn those days, and for some...
Didn’t the previous verse just talk about “men of renown”? 6:6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. The fact that the LORD repented means that he made a mistake. Couldn’t he predict this course of events before he sta...
Genesis 6:4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown... Read verse in New International Version
Chapter Summary INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 6 This chapter gives an account of the wickedness of the old world, both among the profane and the professors of religion, which was taken notice of and resented by God, upon which he determined the destruction of it,Ge 6:1-7only one man, Noah, ...
Genesis 6:3tnSee the note on “they” earlier in this verse. Genesis 6:3tnHeb“his days will be 120 years.” Some interpret this to mean that the age expectancy of people from this point on would be 120, but neither the subsequent narrative nor reality favors this. It is more likely...
Verse (Click for Chapter) New International VersionGod saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways.New Living TranslationGod observed all this corruption in the world, for everyone on earth was corrupt.English Standard VersionAnd God saw the earth...
The book of Genesisis the first book of the Jewish Torah and Christian Scriptures. The word “genesis” is of Greek etymology, meaning origin or birth, and refers to the first verse of the book: “In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth…” (Genesis 1:1).The book...
If you have begun a “Through the Bible in One Year” program, you likely started in Genesis 1. And in the midst of many extraordinary aspects of the creation account, as you come into chapter 2, you find this amazing verse inGenesis 2:7 ...
Sections in which Elohim is found exclusively, or nearly so: Ge 1:1-2:3 (creation of heaven and earth); Genesis 5 (generations of Adam), except verse 29, where Jehovah occurs; Ge 6:9-22 (generations of Noah); Ge 7:9-24 (the entering into the ark), but Jehovah in verse Ge 16...
Read full chapter Genesis 32:4-6 New International Version 4 He instructed them: “This is what you are to say to my lord Esau: ‘Your servant Jacob says, I have been staying with Laban and have remained there till now. 5 I have cattle and donkeys, sheep and goats, male and ...