e sons and daughters of men married and mated, instead it states, "When men began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them, the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose" (Gen., 6:1-2). What resulted from this was a breed of humankind who became "the heroes of old, men of renown" (6:4). This information is presented just before the writer states, "The Lord saw how great man's wickedness had become" (6:5) and God then considers completely destroying humankind. It seems that God's consideration of destroying his entire creation is a result of the union made between the daughters of men and the sons of God. The writer tells us that this union took place and then immediately states that because of the wickedness of humanity God wanted to wipe humankind from the earth. It seems that this union is responsible for God's decision to flood the earth. What causes the decision to flood the earth is the blending of the human with the divine. This can also be seen in Eden, when Adam and Eve overstep their bounds by eating of the tree of good and evil, getting involved with something that is restricted to them by the divine. The tower of Babel, Job's rebuking of God, Jonah's rebuking of God, and Peter's rebuking of Jesus are all examples of this type. Each of these events is an example of humankind involving themselves in activities that they have no right being involved in.
             God's response to the disobedience of Adam and Eve is to force them out of the Garden. God explicitly banned the tree from their use, but they ate from it anyway. What Satan uses to tempt Eve into eating from the tree is pride. "For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil" (3:5). Eve decides to disobey and then Satan works through her to aff...