Genesis 6:2
“That the sonnes of God saw the daughters of men, that they were faire, and they took them wiues, of all which they chose.”
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Genesis 6:2 Context
1And it came to passe, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were borne vnto them: 2That the sonnes of God saw the daughters of men, that they were faire, and they took them wiues, of all which they chose. 3And the LORD said, My Spirit shall not alwayes striue with man; for that hee also is flesh: yet his dayes shalbe an hundred and twenty yeeres. 4There were Giants in the earth in those daies: and also after that, when the sonnes of God came in vnto the daughters of men, & they bare children to them; the same became mightie men, which were of old, men of renowme.
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Other Translations for Genesis 6:2
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they [were] fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
- King James Version
that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all that they chose.
- American Standard Version (1901)
The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair; and they took wives for themselves from those who were pleasing to them.
- Basic English Bible
that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair, and took themselves wives of all that they chose.
- Darby Bible
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all whom they chose.
- Webster's Bible
that God's sons saw that men's daughters were beautiful, and they took for themselves wives of all that they chose.
- World English Bible
and sons of God see the daughters of men that they [are] fair, and they take to themselves women of all whom they have chosen.
- Youngs Literal Bible
that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives, whomsoever they chose.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Genesis 6:2
6:2 The sons of God - Those who were called by the name of the Lord, and called upon that name, married the daughters of men - Those that were profane, and strangers to God. The posterity of Seth did not keep to themselves as they ought, but intermingled with the race of Cain: they took them wives of all that they chose - They chose only by the eye: They saw that they were fair - Which was all they looked at.