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Genesis 6 |
 The Sons of God
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| 6:1
And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born
unto them,
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| 6:2
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they
took them wives of all which they chose.
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 (6:2, 4)
"The sons of God came in unto the
daughters of men."
How many sons does God have?
Do angels have sex?
Who were the sons of God?
(6:3) "The LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh."
God shortened the human lifespan to 120 years because humans are "flesh" and he was tired of fighting with them.
(6:3)
"His days shall be an hundred and twenty years."
How long is the human life span?
BOM: 2 Nephi 26:11
(6:4)
"There were giants in the earth in those days."
And they (or the sons of God) had sex with "the
daughters of men."
What the Bible says about giants.
(6:5)
God decides to kill all living things because
the human imagination is evil. Later (8:21), after
he kills everything, he promises never to do it again because the human
imagination is evil. Go figure.
(6:7) "It repented the Lord that he had made man."
Does God repent?
(6:7, 17)
"I will destroy ... both man and beast."
(6:9) "Noah was a just man and perfect."
He didn't seem
so just and perfect when he was drunk and naked in front of his sons (9:20-21).
Has there ever been a just person?
(6:11-13) "Behold, I will destroy them with the earth."
God was angry because "the earth was filled with
violence." So he killed every living thing to make the world less violent.
 The Flood
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| 6:3
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.
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| 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.
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| 6:5
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.
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| 6:6
And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the
earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
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| 6:7
And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the
face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for
it repenteth me that I have made them.
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| 6:8
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
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| 6:9
These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and
perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
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| 6:10
And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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| 6:11
The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
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| 6:12
And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh
had corrupted his way upon the earth.
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| 6:13
And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the
earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
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| 6:14
Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in
the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. 6:15
And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length
of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
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| 6:16
A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou
finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third
stories shalt thou make it.
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| 6:17
And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth,
to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that
is in the earth shall die.
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| 6:18
But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife,
and thy sons' wives with thee. | >
(6:14-15)
Noah's ark is 450 feet long. [more]
(6:16)
"A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it."
God tells Noah to make one small window (18 inches square) for ventilation.
(6:17) "Every thing that is in the earth shall die."
(6:19-20)
"Of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark."
Poor Noah must be confused. First God tells him to bring two of "every
living thing of all flesh" onto the ark. Later (7:2-3)
God says to bring seven pairs of some animals (the "clean beasts" and the fowls).
How many of each kind did Noah take into the ark?
(6:21) "And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten ... for
thee, and for them."
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| 6:19
And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort
shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
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| 6:20
Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of
every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep
them alive.
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| 6:21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food
for
thee, and for them.
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| 6:22
Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
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