Genesis 6 is one of the most unsettling chapters in Scripture—not because it is confusing, but because it is clear. Humanity has grown great, but not good.

The chapter opens with expansion: people multiplying, cities rising, culture advancing. This is the fulfillment of Genesis 1’s command to “be fruitful and multiply.” But something has gone wrong. Growth has outpaced faithfulness. Power has outpaced wisdom.

We meet the Nephilim—figures wrapped in mystery, remembered as “mighty men of old, men of renown.” Scripture does not linger on their biology or origin. Instead, it tells us what mattered: reputation, strength, greatness. These were heroes in the eyes of the world—and yet the chapter immediately pivots to God’s grief.

“The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth…”

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