Unlawful matches of the sons of God with the daughters of men, Gen_6:1-2, grieve the Spirit of God, who threatens their destruction, Gen_6:3. Giants and mighty men born; a general degeneracy of mankind, Gen_6:4-5. God repents that he had made man, and resolves to destroy that world, Gen_6:6-7. Noah is excepted, and finds favour with God, Gen_6:8. His character, Gen_6:9. The earth corrupt, and filled with violence, Gen_6:11-12. God declares to Noah his purpose to destroy it, Gen_6:13. Directs him to make an ark, Gen_6:14-16. Mentions a deluge, Gen_6:17. His covenant with Noah to preserve a seed, Gen_6:18-21. Noah’s obedience, Gen_6:22.
Men, i.e. wicked men, the posterity of Cain, as appears from Gen_6:2; who are here called men, and the sons of men, by way of contempt, and of distinction; mere men, such as had only the natures and qualities of corrupt men, without the image of God.
Began to multiply, to wit, more than ordinarily; or more than the sons of God, because they practised polygamy, after the example of their predecessor, the ungodly Lamech, Gen_4:19.
Daughters were born unto them; so doubtless were sons also; but their daughters are here mentioned as one principal occasion of the sin noted in Gen_6:2, and of the following deluge.