Genesis 6:2
the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
1Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,
Cross References
Genesis 4:26And to Seth also a son was born, and he called him Enosh. At that time men began to call upon the name of the LORD.
Genesis 24:3and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling,
Genesis 27:46Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a Hittite wife from among them, what good is my life?”
Exodus 4:22Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son,
Deuteronomy 7:3Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,
Joshua 23:12For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them,
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 →