Genesis 6:2 - The Scriptures 1998

² that the sons of Elohim saw the daughters of men, that they were good. And they took wives for themselves of all whom 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.

Genesis 6:2 Cross References

Genesis 12:11

And it came to be, when he was close to entering Mitsrayim, that he said to Sarai his wife, “See, I know that you are a fair woman to look at.

Genesis 24:3

so that I make you swear by יהוה, the Elohim of the heavens and the Elohim of the earth, that you do not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Kenaʽ

Genesis 26:35

And they were a bitterness of spirit to Yitsḥ

Genesis 27:46

And Riḇ

Genesis 3:6

And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, and she took of its fruit and ate. And she also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.

Genesis 4:26

And to Shĕ

Genesis 6:1

And it came to be, when men began to increase on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,

Genesis 6:3

And יהוה  said, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever in his going astray. He is flesh, and his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.”

2 Samuel 11:2

And it came to be, at evening time, that Dawiḏ

Ezra 9:12

‘And now, do not give your daughters as wives for their sons, nor take their daughters to your sons. And do not seek their peace or wealth ever, so that you are strong, and shall eat the good of the land, and leave it as an inheritance to your children forever.’

Job 1:6

And the day came to be that the sons of Elohim came to present themselves before יהוה, and Satan also came among them.

Job 31:1

“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze at a maiden?

Exodus 34:16

and you take of his daughters for your sons, and his daughters whore after their mighty ones, and make your sons whore after their mighty ones.

Isaiah 63:16

For You are our Father, though Aḇ

Malachi 2:11

Yehuḏ

Malachi 2:15

And did He not make one? And He had the remnant of the Spirit? And what is the one alone? He seeks a seed of Elohim. So you shall guard your spirit, and let none act treacherously against the wife of his youth.

1 Corinthians 7:39

A wife is bound by Torah as long as her husband lives, and if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she desires, only in the Master.

2 Corinthians 6:18

“And I shall be a Father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to Me, says יהוה  the Almighty.”

Deuteronomy 14:1

“You are the children of יהוה  your Elohim. Do not cut yourselves nor shave the front of your head for the dead,

2 Peter 2:14

having eyes filled with an adulteress, and unable to cease from sin, enticing unstable beings, having a heart trained in greed, children of a curse,

1 John 2:16

Because all that is in the world – the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life – is not of the Father but is of the world.