Genesis 6:2

New International Reader's Version

The sons of God saw that the daughters of human beings were beautiful. So they married any of them they chose.

Cross References

Genesis 12:11

As he was about to enter Egypt, he spoke to his wife Sarai. He said, “I know what a beautiful woman you are.

Genesis 24:3

The Lord is the God of heaven and the God of earth. I want you to make a promise to me in his name. I’m living among the people of Canaan. But I want you to promise me that you won’t get a wife for my son from their daughters.

Genesis 26:35

Isaac and Rebekah became very upset because Esau had married Hittite women.

Genesis 27:46

Then Rebekah spoke to Isaac. She said, “I’m sick of living because of Esau’s Hittite wives. Suppose Jacob also marries a Hittite woman. If he does, my life won’t be worth living.”

Genesis 3:6

The woman saw that the tree’s fruit was good to eat and pleasing to look at. She also saw that it would make a person wise. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her. And he ate it.

Genesis 4:26

Seth also had a son and named him Enosh. Then people began to call on the name of the Lord.

Genesis 6:1

There began to be many human beings on the earth. And daughters were born to them.

Genesis 6:3

Then the Lord said, “My Spirit will not struggle with human beings forever. They will have only 120 years to live.”

2 Samuel 11:2

One evening David got up from his bed. He walked around on the roof of his palace. From the roof he saw a woman taking a bath. She was very beautiful.

Ezra 9:12

So don’t let your daughters marry their sons. And don’t let their daughters marry your sons. Don’t make a peace treaty with them at any time. Then you will be strong. You will eat the good things the land produces. And you will leave all of it to your children as their share. They and their children after them will enjoy it forever.’

Job 1:6

One day angels came to the Lord. Satan also came with them.

Job 31:1

“I made an agreement with my eyes. I promised not to look at a young woman with impure thoughts.

Exodus 34:16

You will choose some of their daughters as wives for your sons. And those daughters will commit sin by worshiping their gods. Then they will lead your sons to do the same thing.

Isaiah 63:16

You are our Father. Abraham might not accept us as his children. Jacob might not recognize us as his family. But you are our Father, Lord. Your name is One Who Always Sets Us Free.

Malachi 2:11

And Judah has been unfaithful. A hateful thing has been done in Israel and Jerusalem. The Lord loves his temple. But Judah has made it impure. Their men have married women who worship other gods.

Malachi 2:15

Hasn’t the one God made the two of you one also? Both of you belong to him in body and spirit. And why has the one God made you one? Because he wants his children to be like him. So be careful. Don’t be unfaithful to the wife you married when you were young.

1 Corinthians 7:39

A woman has to stay married to her husband as long as he lives. If he dies, she is free to marry anyone she wants to. But the one she marries must belong to the Lord.

2 Corinthians 6:18

And, “I will be your Father. You will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord who rules over all.” (2 Samuel 7:14; 7:8)

Deuteronomy 14:1

You are the children of the Lord your God. Don’t cut yourselves to honor the dead. Don’t shave the front of your heads to honor the dead.

2 Peter 2:14

They stare at women who are not their wives. They want to sleep with them. They never stop sinning. They trap those who are not firm in their faith. They have mastered the art of getting what they want. God has placed them under his judgment.

1 John 2:16

Here is what people who belong to this world do. They try to satisfy what their sinful desires want to do. They long for what their sinful eyes look at. They take pride in what they have and what they do. All of this comes from the world. None of it comes from the Father.