Genesis 6:2 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

² The sons of God seeing the daughters of men, that they were fair, took themselves wives of all which they chose.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair, and they took wives of all they desired and chose.

American Standard Version (1901)

² that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all that they chose.

Common English Bible

² The divine beings saw how beautiful these human women were, so they married the ones they chose.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² the sons of God, seeing that the daughters of men were beautiful, took to themselves wives from all whom they chose.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² The sons of God seeing the daughters of men, that they were fair, took themselves wives of all which they chose.

Genesis 6:2 Cross References

Genesis 12:11

1 And when he was near to enter into Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife: I know that thou art a beautiful woman:

Genesis 24:3

That I may make thee swear by the Lord the God of heaven and earth, that thou take not a wife for my son, of the daughters of the Chanaanites, among whom I dwell:

Genesis 26:35

5 And they both offended the mind of Isaac and Rebecca.

Genesis 27:46

And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, saying: Take not a wife of the stock of Chanaan:

Genesis 3:6

And the woman saw that the tree was good to eat, and fair to the eyes, and delightful to behold: and she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave to her husband who did eat.

Genesis 4:26

6 But to Seth also was born a son, whom he called Enos; this man began to call upon the name of the Lord.

Genesis 6:1

And after that men began to be multiplied upon the earth, and daughters were born to them.

Genesis 6:3

And God said: My spirit shall not remain in man for ever, because he is flesh, and his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.

2 Samuel 11:2

And Urias came to David. And David asked how Joab did, and the people, and how the war was carried on.

Ezra 9:12

And Sechenias the son of Jehiel of the sons of Elam answered, and said to Esdras: We have sinned against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: and now if there be repentance in Israel concerning this,

Job 1:6

1 But stretch forth thy hand a little, and touch all that he hath, and see if he blesseth thee not to thy face.

Job 31:1

Let him weigh me in a just balance, and let God know my simplicity.

Exodus 34:16

9 All of the male kind, that openeth the womb, shall be mine. Of all beasts, both of oxen and of sheep, it shall be mine.

Isaiah 63:16

Thou hast met him that rejoiceth, and doth justice: in thy ways they shall remember thee: behold thou art angry, and we have sinned: in them we have been always, and we shall be saved.

Malachi 2:11

And who shall be able to think of the day of his coming? and who shall stand to see him? for he is like a refining fire, and like the fuller's herb:

Malachi 2:15

For I am the Lord, and I change not: and you the sons of Jacob are not consumed.

1 Corinthians 7:39

But meat doth not commend us to God. For neither, if we eat, shall we have the more; nor, if we eat not, shall we have the less.

2 Corinthians 6:18

Now I am glad: not because you were made sorrowful; but because you were made sorrowful unto penance. For you were made sorrowful according to God, that you might suffer damage by us in nothing.

Deuteronomy 14:1

Every beast that divideth the hoof in two parts, and cheweth the cud, you shall eat.

2 Peter 2:14

Behold this second epistle I write to you, my dearly beloved, in which I stir up by way of admonition your sincere mind:

1 John 2:16

5 And this is the promise which he hath promised us, life everlasting.