Genesis 6:4
Genesis · Old Testament · Chapter 6
“There 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
What Does Genesis 6:4 Mean?
Genesis 6:4 is found in the book of Genesis, chapter 6, verse 4 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Genesis 6:4 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Numbers 13:33“And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.”Deuteronomy 3:11“For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.”1 Samuel 17:4“And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.”2 Samuel 21:15“Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint.”Deuteronomy 2:20“(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;”Job 1:6“Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.”Genesis 6:13“And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.”Genesis 11:4“And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.”Genesis 6:12“And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.”Genesis 10:9“He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.”Genesis 19:31“And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:”Genesis 24:3“And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:”Deuteronomy 14:1“Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.”Judges 15:1“But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.”2 Chronicles 22:3“He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.”Job 26:5“Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.”Psalms 52:1“Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.”Genesis 38:2“And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.”Numbers 16:2“And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown:”2 Samuel 16:21“And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father’s concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong.”
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