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Correspondence: Who were the "Sons of God" in Gen. 6:2,4?

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Genesis 6:2‑4 • 1 min. read • grade level: 6

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Question 27: Who were the “Sons of God” in Genesis 6:2, 4²That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. (Genesis 6:2)
⁴There 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. (Genesis 6:4)? W. M.

Answer: There are three classes of angelic beings mentioned in the Scriptures.

1st. Holy and elect angels, Luke 9:26²⁶For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels. (Luke 9:26); 1 Timothy 5:21²¹I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality. (1 Timothy 5:21).

2nd. Satan and his host of demons who fell before man’s creation. Ezekiel 28:13-15¹³Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. ¹⁴Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. ¹⁵Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. (Ezekiel 28:13‑15).

3rd. Those who sinned or left their first estate, 2 Peter 2:4⁴For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; (2 Peter 2:4); Jude 6⁶And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. (Jude 6). And are now confined in everlasting chains of darkness awaiting the judgment of the great day.

As the word here translated “Sons of God” is never elsewhere used for men, it is generally accepted that it means this third class of angels.

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Young Christian: Volume 2, 1912

• Inspiration of the Scriptures: Examples of the Divine Authority of the O. T. Scriptures, Part 1

• Unscriptural Marriage: Or, the History of Ellen, Part 1

• Scripture Study: Why are there Four Gospels?

• Truths for Young Christians: The Wilderness, Part 2

• From Egypt to Shiloh: Part 1, God is Love

• Coming and Reign of Our Lord Jesus Christ, The: The First Resurrection, Part 3

• Correspondence: Who were the "Sons of God" in Gen. 6:2,4?

• Inspiration of the Scriptures: Examples of the Divine Authority of the O. T. Scriptures, Part 2

• Unscriptural Marriage: Or, the History of Ellen, Part 2

• Scripture Study: Matthew 1

• Truths for Young Christians: Waiting, Part 1

• From Egypt to Shiloh: Part 2, Shiloh

• Coming and Reign of Our Lord Jesus Christ, The: The Apostasy, Part 1

• Correspondence: Matt. 12:31 and 1 John 5:16-17; Luke 7:36-50

• Inspiration of the Scriptures: Some Samples of its Alleged Inaccuracies, Part 1

• Unscriptural Marriage: Or, the History of Ellen, Part 3

• Scripture Study: Matthew 2:1-2

• Truths for Young Christians: Waiting, Part 2

• Burning With Pure Oil

• From Egypt to Shiloh: Part 3, A Picture of the Church

• Coming and Reign of Our Lord Jesus Christ, The: The Apostasy, Part 2

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• Inspiration of the Scriptures: Some Samples of its Alleged Inaccuracies, Part 2

• Unscriptural Marriage: Or, the History of Ellen, Part 4

• Scripture Study: Matthew 3

• Truths for Young Christians: Walking, Part 1

• I Was on the Wrong Track

• From Egypt to Shiloh: Part 4, The Revival of Shiloh

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