Genesis 6:2
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were fair; and they took themselves wives of all whom they chose.
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Genesis 4:26And to Sheth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enosh: then began men to call upon the name of the Lord.
Genesis 24:3And I will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell.
Genesis 27:46And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth; if Jacob take a wife from the daughters of Heth, such as these, from the daughters of the land, what good will life do me?
Exodus 4:22And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus hath said the Lord, My son, my first-born, is Israel.
Deuteronomy 7:3Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughters shalt thou not give unto his son, and his daughter shalt thou not take unto thy son.
Joshua 23:12For if ye do in any wise turn back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, those that are left remaining near you, and make marriages with them, and come in among them, and they among you:
Matthew Henry on Genesis 6:2-3
Depravity of the World. ( b. c. 2469.) 1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. For the glory of God's justice, and for warning to a wicked world, before the history of the ruin of the old world, we have a full account of its degeneracy, its apostasy from God and rebellion against him. The destroying of it was an act, not of an… Read the whole commentary →