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Commentary upon the first[-fifth] book of Moses ... (1695)
Commentary upon the first book of Moses - -fifth - 1695 Author:Simon Patrick Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAP. VI. Ver. i. T T 7 Hen Men began to multiply."] To in- VV creafe exceeding faft for they were multiplied before, but not fo as to fill the Earth. Or.... more » the Word Men may be limited to the Children of Cain, (See Verfe 2.) who now began to be very numerous. And Daughters were born to them.'] In great numbers : For Daughters no doubt they had before) but now fo many more Daughters than Sons, that they had not Matches for all: No, though we fhould fuppofe they followed the Steps of Lamech (IV. 19.) and took more Wives than one. Ver. 2. The Sons of God.'] There are two famous Interpretations of thefe Words, (befides that of fome of the Ancients, who took them for Angels.) Some underftand by the Sons of God, the great Men, Nobles, Rulers, and Judges, whether they were of the Family of Seth or of Cain : Andfo indeed the word Elohitn fignifies in many places, Exod. XXI. 6. XXII. 28.« less