Surely their behavior was less than noble, as they transgressed several lines at once: they came from heaven to earth, that is, they violated the boundaries of creation by abandoning the place that God had assigned to them; they did so merely because they were attracted by the looks of the earthly women, that is, their only motivation was their lust; and they went on to have sexual relations with the human women, who bore them giants, thus creating a new hybrid race. And still, there is no condemnation in the Bible of any of this. The only hint we get that the biblical author was less than
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