This chapter reverses the usual direction of travel in this question, and examines Genesis 6:1–4, a difficult passage in which divine beings are said to have taken mortal wives, who bore them offspring described as ‘the heroes of old, the men with a name’. The author supports the view that this reflects Greek influence on the Old Testament, and offers thoughts on the ways in which the Greek material was transmitted, and how the comparison can enhance our understanding of both the Greek and the Biblical narratives.