GRIFFIN COMMENTS—GEN 6 (Gen 6:1) And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, Usually daughters are not mentioned becauseit was the male line that would be the seed of the woman (Gen_3:15), and also becausethe woman was generally thought of as not that important to the story. Men fight the battles; the leadership was by man and men led the worship. We seehow grievous a thing unequal marriages be, when the godly with the ungodly, the believing with the infidels, the religious with the superstitious, are unequally yoked (2Co_6:14) surely even so grievous to God, that for this cause especially the whole world was destroyed by the flood. (Bishop Babbington)
(Gen 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. Suidas says, "Seth was the son of Adam, of him it is said the sons of God went in unto the daughters of men—that is to say, the sons of Seth went in unto the daughters of Cain; for in that age Seth was called God, becausehe had discovered Hebrew letters and the names of the stars, but especially on account of his great piety, so that he was the first to bear the name of God." Anastasius Sinaita (q.v.) in his (Odhgo, p. 269 (ed. Gretser. Ingolst. 1606), says that when God created Adam after his image and likeness, he breathed into him grace and illumination and a ray of the Holy Spirit. But when he sinned this glory left him, and his face became clouded. Then he became the father of Cain and Abel. But afterwards, it is said in Scripture, "he begat a son in his own likeness, after his image, and called his name Seth," which is not said of Cain and Abel; and this means that Seth was begotten in the likenessof unfallen man, and after the image of Adam in paradise; and he called his name Seth —that is, by interpretation, "resurrection," becausein him he saw the resurrection of his departed beauty and wisdom and glory, and radiance of the Holy Spirit. And all those then living, when they saw how the face of Seth shone with divine light, and heard him speak with divine wisdom, said, "He is God." Therefore his sons were commonly called the sons of God. That Seth means "resurrection" is also the opinion of Augustine (De Civitate Dei, 15, 17, 18): "Ita Seth, quod interpretatur resurrectio."
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