Genesis 6:2
Then the sonnes of God sawe the daughters of men that they were faire, and they tooke them wiues of all that they liked.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
1So when men began to be multiplied vpon the earth, and there were daughters borne vnto them,
Cross References
Genesis 4:26And to ye same Sheth also there was borne a sonne, and he called his name Enosh. Then beganne men to call vpon the name of the Lord.
Genesis 24:3And I will make thee sweare by ye Lord God of the heauen, and God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife vnto my sonne of the daughters of the Canaanites among who I dwel.
Genesis 27:46Also Rebekah said to Izhak, I am weary of my life, for the daughters of Heth. If Iaakob take a wife of the daughters of Heth like these of the daughters of the lande, what auaileth it me to liue?
Exodus 4:22Then thou shalt say to Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my sonne, euen my first borne.
Deuteronomy 7:3Neither shalt thou make marriages with them, neither giue thy daughter vnto his sonne, nor take his daughter vnto thy sonne.
Joshua 23:12Els, if ye goe backe, and cleaue vnto the rest of these nations: that is, of them that remaine with you, and shall make marriages with them, and goe vnto 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 →