307. The subject here is the sixth and seventh generations, which perished in the Flood. They were expelled outright from the garden of Eden, that is, from all understanding of truth. They ceased so to speak to be human beings and were abandoned to their insane desires and persuasions.

378. (Verse 7) And when he had opened the fourth seal. That this signifies prediction manifested still further, is plain from what was said and shown above (n. 351, 352, 361).