Old Testament Commentary - Genesis 6

by Don R. Hender

Scriptural Text [& Editorial]	Commentary & Explanation	Footnotes ~ References ~ JST
CHAPTER 6 Sons of God marry daughters of men—Men turn to wickedness; earth is filled with violence; all flesh is corrupted—The flood promised—God establishes his covenant with Noah, who builds an ark to save his family and divers living things.
1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2 That the ^asons of God saw the daughters of men^a that they were fair; and they ^btook them ^cwives of all which they chose. 3 And the LORD said, My ^aspirit shall not always ^bstrive with man, for that he also is ^cflesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. 4 There were ^agiants 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.	2^a daughters of men This is not to say that men are of God and women are not. Rather what is happening here is that the sons of the covenant are taking themselves wives who are not of the covenant. That is, they are daughters of families that are not of the righteous covenant people of God. Thus corruption enters in when those who are of the covenant with God, remove themselves from being still in the covenant by marrying outside of the covenant or as we would say it today, outside of the church or outside of the temple.	2^a TG Sons and Daughters of God ^b TG Marriage, Temporal ^c TG Marriage; TG Marriage, Interfaith 3^a TG God, Spirit of; TG Holy Ghost, Loss of ^b TG God, Access to ^c 2 Ne. 9:4 (4-8); Mosiah 15:7; Moses 8:17 4^a Gen. 14:5; Num. 13:33; Deut. 3:11; Moses 8:18-21
5 ¶ And GOD saw that the ^awickedness of man was great in the earth, and that ^bevery imagination of the ^cthoughts of his ^dheart was only ^eevil continually. 6 And it ^arepented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it ^bgrieved him at his heart. 7 And the LORD said, I will ^adestroy 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. 8 But Noah found ^agrace in the eyes of the LORD.		2^a TG Sons and Daughters of God ^b TG Marriage, Temporal ^c TG Marriage; TG Marriage, Interfaith 3^a TG God, Spirit of; TG Holy Ghost, Loss of ^b TG God, Access to ^c 2 Ne. 9:4 (4-8); Mosiah 15:7; Moses 8:17 4^a Gen. 14:5; Num. 13:33; Deut. 3:11; Moses 8:18-21
9 ¶ These are the ^agenerations of Noah: ^bNoah was a just man and ^cperfect in his generations, and Noah ^dwalked with God. 10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.		2^a TG Sons and Daughters of God ^b TG Marriage, Temporal ^c TG Marriage; TG Marriage, Interfaith 3^a TG God, Spirit of; TG Holy Ghost, Loss of ^b TG God, Access to ^c 2 Ne. 9:4 (4-8); Mosiah 15:7; Moses 8:17 4^a Gen. 14:5; Num. 13:33; Deut. 3:11; Moses 8:18-21
11 The earth also was ^acorrupt before God, and the earth was filled with ^bviolence. 12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all ^aflesh had corrupted his ^bway upon the earth. 13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with ^aviolence^a through them; and, behold, I will ^bdestroy them ^cwith the earth.	13^a The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence Now what is the worry of 'violence' before our eyes continually? We hear it said, 'It was not that bad of a movie, there was no sex or nudity. It was just rated 'R' for violence. But this is the mark when men have become fully rippened unto inequity and destruction. When the 'great secret' has gotten such a hold upon the hearts of men that they do murder continually. Violence to get gain, to war and plunder as was the nature of such wickedness which marks the coming end of men unto destruction. It is by man's peacable walk with his fellow man that God desires men to be. And violence and all the violence of such games, and movies and which is ever growing in the world will be unto the destruction of men again. Yea, that is the true secret of Satan's 'great secret' and he does lead men into the blindness thereof, stating it is unto them to get gain. For it is not unto them to get gain, but it is given unto them of Satan that they may be destroyed when rippened in their wickedness and violence.
14 ¶ Make thee an ^aark of gopher wood; ^brooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. 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. 16 A ^awindow 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.
17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a ^aflood of ^bwaters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the ^cbreath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. 18 But with thee will I establish ^amy ^bcovenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee. My Covenant This covenant is the covenant which was from the beginning, from before the very foundation of the earth. It is the covenant of the Messiah, the Plan of Redemption as set forth in the councels of heaven before the world was. It is the Everlasting Covenant, the Fulness of the Gospel of Christ. While this has become obscure in the Jewish presured text, it is made clear in the Inspired Translation which restores much of that which has been taken from the books of Moses (See Moses 1:41 and comparative text).
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. 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.
21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for ^afood for thee, and for them. 22 Thus ^adid ^bNoah; according to all that God ^ccommanded him, so did he.