| John Milton - 1855 - 900 pages
...alluding to that text of Scripture, Gen. ri. 4: — "There were giants in the earth in those days; und also after that, when the sons of God came in unto...became mighty men, which were of old, men of renown." Where, by the " sons of God," some Fathers and commentators have understood anyck, as if the angels... | |
| John Macfarlane - 1856 - 84 pages
...God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they b took them wives of all which they chose. 4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and...became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. 0 And it ^ repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it A grieved him at his heart.... | |
| John Kitto - 1855 - 676 pages
...said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also it flesh : yet his days shall be an ie father of Abram. 31 Terah goethfrom Ur to Haran....'language, and of one 'speech. 2 And it came to pass, as icere of old, men of renown. 5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1856 - 430 pages
...to pass, 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...became mighty men which were of old, men of renown." — Genesis, ch. vi. verses 2 and 4 . 8 ["Pray, waa Manfred's speech to the Sun still retained in act... | |
| George Smith - 1856 - 546 pages
...this description with what took place long afterward of an analogous kind, he proceeds to observe, "And also after that, when the sons of God came in...became mighty men which were of old, men of renown." Gen. vi, 4. Three distinct periods of time are alluded to in these words: first, the time in which... | |
| John Eadie - 1857 - 860 pages
...coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. WILL BE RAISED AGAIN. (See under Disease and Death) STATURE. Otn. Tl, P ! Num. xtlt, 22, 32. And they ascended by the south and camo unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and... | |
| John Edmund Reade - 1857 - 290 pages
...Page 239, line 14. " Behold yon giant form that rives The waters cloven in his course." There were giants in the earth in those days ; and also after...became mighty men which were of old, men of renown." — Genesis. Page 242, line 9. " The immortal soul that lives within." " God created man to be immortal,... | |
| Brewin Grant - 1858 - 74 pages
...with man for that he also Í3 flesh : yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. There were giants in the earth in those days ; and also after...became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1858 - 696 pages
...daughters of men, that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. — There were giants in the earth in those days ; and also after...became mighty men, which were of old, men of renown." By the sons of God here, are doubtless meant the children of the church. It is a denomination often... | |
| 1858 - 424 pages
...very remarkable ; but we are informed that they were very remarkable, for it is said, " There were giants in the earth in those days ; and also after...bare children to them, the same became mighty men of old, men of renown." The flood, which took place one hundred and twenty years after, swept the corrupted... | |
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