Bible Dictionary
ANTEDILUVIANS
Antediluvians are the people who lived before the Flood of Noah. Genesis records their genealogical line and remarkable ages, while also describing the increasing wickedness of humanity before judgment.
Biblical Usage
Genesis connects the antediluvian world with the line of descent leading to Noah, the spread of wickedness, and the Nephilim or mighty men before the Flood. The supplied interpretation understands the “sons of God” and “daughters of men” as intermarriage between the godly line of Seth and depraved people.