Once I get home I'll post on this. Like I said before, this is a very
interesting passage with a lot of deep esoteric commentary. Maybe Judith
will get to it first, but I'll still post some of the esoterica. My wife,
who I love greatly, is not always happy with that line of study/work. :)
At 09:52 AM 8/20/01, you wrote:
>Hmm, In my edition (Stone Edition) of the Torah, the translation reads:
>
>6:1 And it came to Pass when Man began to increase upon the ground and
>daughters were born to them,
>6:2 the sons of rulers saw that the daughters of man were good and they took
>themselves wives from whomever they chose
>6:3 And Hashem said, "My spirit shall not contend evermore concerning Man
>since he is but flesh; his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.
>6:4 The Nephillim* were on the earth in those days - and also afterward when
>the sons of rulers would consort with the daughters of man, who would bear
>to them. They were the mighty who, from old, were men of devastation.
>6:5 Hashem saw that the wickedness of Man was great upon the earth and that
>every product of the thoughts of his heartwas but evil always
>6:6 And Hashem reconsidered having made Man on earth, and he had heartfelt
>sadness
>6:7 And Hashem said, "I will blot out Man whom I created from the face of
>the ground - from man to animal, to creeping things and to birds of the sky;
>for I have reconsidered My having made them."
>6:8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of Hashem.
>
>
>* 6:4 The Nehillim were giants, the same race that terrified Moses's spies
>(Numbers 13:33).
>
>
>
>
>Isn't it interesting how different translations change the meanings. I
>don't read the original Hebrew, so I can't comment on the translation.
>Maybe Mike or Judith can?
>
>Sandy Clark
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Paul Ihrig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 5:56 AM
>To: CF-Community
>Subject: RE: Indulge me..
>
>
>Genesis 6:4 - There were giants 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.
>
>"when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men"
>
>this was one of the verses i remember about it.
>i think there is another reference to it though.
>
>-paul
>
>Genesis
>
>6:1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the
>earth, and daughters were born unto them,
>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.
>6:3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that
>he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
>6:4 There were giants 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.
>6:5 And God 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.
>6:6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it
>grieved him at his heart.
>6:7 And the LORD said, I will destroy 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.
>6:8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
>6:9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in
>his generations, and Noah walked with God.
>
><!--- More --->
>
> Job 1:6 - Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present
>themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
> Job 2:1 - Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present
>themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present
>himself before the LORD.
> Job 38:7 - When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God
>shouted for joy?
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ang�l Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 8:35 AM
>To: CF-Community
>Subject: RE: Indulge me..
>
>
>I see. Well..I've skimmed the bible, reading some parts more than others. I
>read through it about the time I was reading
>through The Lord of The Rings. I didn't draw the inference about Alien and
>Angel love being prohibited from any portion of
>the bible..however. I won't say that your interpretation is wrong though.
>0_0
>*ahem*
>
>Anyways...the second point:
>
>And the fact that you agree to suspend disbelief for a moment and say that
>people can see the future..doesn't clash at all
>with your faith, or the established 'rules' of time and the Universe as we
>know it?
>
>Nor does your belief in other Alien Races clash with your belief in the
>Bible.
>As I alluded in my previous post, these other alien races are to be thought
>of as 'lost' and 'without direction'....
>hence they must be 'saved' by humankind and shown the wonders of The Lord?
>
>-Gel
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Paul Ihrig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
>yepper.
>
>that's just my skewed view of a few interpretations of a few verses.
>not that my opinion has any merit.
>
>but i tended to look at certain doctrines in a distorted way.
>
>oh & on the other side, i do believe certain people can foresee parts of the
>future.
>
>hehe, to much dr. who & dune.
>
>-paul
>
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