Arcana Coelestia # 554
554. Genesis 6:1-8
1. And so it was that man began to multiply himself over the face 1 of the ground, and daughters were born to them.
2. And the sons of God saw the daughters of man that they were fair, and took wives for themselves from all whom they chose.
3. And Jehovah said, My spirit will not reprove man for ever, in that he is flesh; and his days will be a hundred and twenty years.
4. The Nephilim were in the land in those days, very much so after the sons of God went in to the daughters of man, who bore children to them; they were mighty men (vir) who from of old were men (vir) of the name.
5. And Jehovah saw that the evil of man had been increased on the earth; and all the imagination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the day long.
6. And Jehovah repented that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.
7. And Jehovah said, I will wipe out man whom I have created from upon the face' of the ground, from man even to beast, even to creeping thing, and even to birds of the air; 2 for I repent of having made them.
8. And Noah found grace in Jehovah's eyes.
CONTENTS
The subject is the state of the people before the Flood.
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Genesis 6:1-8
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It happened, when men began to multiply on the surface of the ground, and daughters were born to them,
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that God's sons saw that men's daughters were beautiful, and they took for themselves wives of all that they chose.
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Yahweh said, "My Spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; yet will his days be one hundred twenty years."
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The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when God's sons came in to men's daughters. They bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
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Yahweh 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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Yahweh was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.
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Yahweh said, "I will destroy man whom I have created from the surface of the ground; man, along with animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them."
