﻿"sons 
  of 
  god." 
  105 
  

  

  one 
  passage 
  in 
  Genesis, 
  which 
  seems 
  other- 
  

   wise 
  wholly 
  unintelligible, 
  namely, 
  that 
  in 
  

   which 
  mention 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  unions 
  between 
  

   the 
  " 
  Sons 
  of 
  God 
  " 
  and 
  the 
  daughters 
  of 
  

   men. 
  Our 
  author 
  affirms 
  that 
  for 
  the 
  " 
  Sons 
  

   of 
  God" 
  we 
  ought 
  to 
  substitute 
  as 
  the 
  true 
  

   meaning 
  in 
  the 
  original, 
  "the 
  servants 
  of 
  

   the 
  gods," 
  or 
  in 
  other 
  words 
  the 
  idolatrous 
  

   races 
  of 
  the 
  world. 
  In 
  like 
  manner 
  the 
  

   daughters 
  of 
  men 
  should 
  be 
  translated, 
  "the 
  

   daughters 
  of 
  the 
  Adamite." 
  The 
  passage 
  

   would 
  thus 
  refer 
  to 
  intermarriages 
  between 
  

   the 
  children 
  of 
  Adam 
  and 
  the 
  pre-existing 
  

   idolatrous 
  nations 
  of 
  the 
  world. 
  It 
  is 
  true 
  also 
  

   that 
  this 
  theory 
  would 
  remove 
  or 
  diminish 
  

   some 
  other 
  difficulties 
  attending 
  the 
  received 
  

   interpretation. 
  But 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  hand 
  the 
  

  

  