One of the strangest passages in Scripture. Sons of God, daughters of men, Nephilim, mighty men of renown. This episode walks through the interpretations—angels, the line of Seth, ancient kings—and asks what they have in common: boundaries being crossed. Lines blurred. Limits ignored. The world before the flood was a world without limits, and the mighty men were celebrated for it. But God saw differently. The flood is coming. But so is the ark.

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