Genesis 6:2

Modern English Version

the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair and took as wives any they chose.

Cross References

Genesis 12:11

When he was getting near to Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “I know you are a beautiful woman.

Genesis 24:3

and I will make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live.

Genesis 26:35

and they brought grief to Isaac and to Rebekah.

Genesis 27:46

Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am tired of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, such as these who are of the daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?”

Genesis 3:6

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

Genesis 4:26

To Seth also was born a son, and he called his name Enosh. At that time men began to call on the name of the Lord.

Genesis 6:1

When men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,

Genesis 6:3

The Lord said, “My Spirit will not always strive with man, for he is flesh; yet his days will be one hundred and twenty years.”

2 Samuel 11:2

One evening when David arose from his bed and was walking on the roof of the king’s house, from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful.

Ezra 9:12

Now, therefore, cease giving your daughters as wives to their sons, do not take their daughters to your sons, and never seek their peace or prosperity, that you might grow strong and eat the good of the land and leave it as an eternal inheritance to your children.’

Job 1:6

Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and the Adversary also came among them.

Job 31:1

“I made a covenant with my eyes; why then should I look upon a young woman?

Exodus 34:16

And then you take of their daughters for your sons, and their daughters prostitute themselves after their gods. They will make your sons prostitute themselves after their gods.

Isaiah 63:16

For You are our Father, though Abraham is ignorant of us and Israel does not recognize us. You, O  Lord, are our Father, our Redeemer; Your name is from everlasting.

Malachi 2:11

Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination has been committed in Israel and Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the Lord, which He loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.

Malachi 2:15

Did He not make them one, having a remnant of the Spirit? And why one? He seeks godly offspring. So take heed to your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously.

1 Corinthians 7:39

The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband lives. But if her husband dies, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will, but only in the Lord.

2 Corinthians 6:18

“I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”

Deuteronomy 14:1

You are the sons of the Lord your God. You shall not cut yourselves or make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

2 Peter 2:14

They have eyes full of adultery that cannot cease from sin. They entice unstable souls. Their hearts are trained in greed. They are cursed children!

1 John 2:16

For 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.