 AND it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.  The works of the rt. hon. lord Byron - Page 109by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Hall - 1837 - 600 pages
...daughters were born unto them, So when the world began to be much peopled, both of men and women, VI. 2. That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that...fair ; and they took them wives of all which they chose. Then even the professors of religion of the seed of the righteous Seth and Enoch, saw the daughters... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1838 - 412 pages
...Earth," both of them having taken the subject from the second verse of the 6th chapter of Genesis : " And it came to pass, that the sons of God saw the...were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose." The two poets presumed that the Sons of God were angels, which opinion is also entertained... | |
 | William Fleming - 1838 - 612 pages
...writer, that " when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that...were fair, and they took them wives of all which they chose." This was the first step towards provoking that awful visitation, the general Deluge ; the wickedness... | |
 | 1839 - 648 pages
...themselves, which will amply repay them, both as respects the poetry and the moral. Moses has said that " The sons of God saw the daughters of men that...fair ; and they took them wives of all which they chose." Following up the idea which some commentators have maintained, Mr. Reade has betaken himself... | |
 | John Donne - 1839 - 604 pages
...never marry, or, as good, or, at least, as .ill, as marry? How many of the ancients take those words, That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that...were fair, and they took them wives of all which they chose13, to be intended of angels? They offer to tell us how many these married angels were ; Origen... | |
 | John Donne - 1839 - 606 pages
...never marry, or, as good, or, at least, as ill, as marry ? How many of the ancients take those words, That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that...were fair, and they took them wives of all which they chose1*, to be intended of angels? They offer to tell us how many these married angels were ; Origen... | |
 | Philip Henry - 1839 - 342 pages
...to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that...fair ; and they took them wives of all which they chose. The abounding iniquity and prevailing wickedness of the old world was the procuring, provoking... | |
 | Henry Edward J. Howard (hon.) - 1840 - 340 pages
...similar origin. " When men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, it came to pass that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were fair, and they took them wives of all that they chose. And the Lord said, My... | |
 | William Wollaston Pym - 1841 - 124 pages
...came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth,and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that...were fair, and they took them wives of all which they chose." Here the barrier was broken down, the " sons of God" formed worldly alliances, no longer looking... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 772 pages
...to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that...fair ; and they took them wives of all which they chose. 3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh :... | |
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