Genesis 6:2

and the sons of God see that they, the daughters of men, [are] beautiful, and they take women for themselves of all whom they have chosen.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

In Context

1And it comes to pass that mankind has begun to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters have been born to them,

3And YHWH says, “My Spirit does not strive in man for all time, for indeed, he [is] flesh, but his days have been one hundred and twenty years.”

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Cross References

Genesis 4:26And to Seth, to him also a son has been born, and he calls his name Enos; then a beginning was made of preaching in the Name of YHWH.

Genesis 24:3and I cause you to swear by YHWH, God of the heavens and God of the earth, that you do not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanite, in the midst of whom I am dwelling;

Genesis 27:46And Rebekah says to Isaac, “I have been disgusted with my life because of the presence of the daughters of Heth; if Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, like these—from the daughters of the land—why do I live?”

Exodus 4:22and you have said to Pharaoh, Thus said YHWH: My son, My firstborn [is] Israel,

Deuteronomy 7:3And you do not join in marriage with them; you do not give your daughter to his son, and you do not take his daughter to your son,

Joshua 23:12But—if you turn back at all and have cleaved to the remnant of these nations, these who are left with you, and intermarried with them, and gone in to them, and they to 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 →

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