Genesis 6:2
the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.
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the sons.

Genesis 4:26
And to Seth also a son was born, and he called him Enosh. At that time men began to call upon the name of the LORD.

Exodus 4:22, 23
Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: 'Israel is My firstborn son, . . .

Deuteronomy 14:1
You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your forehead on behalf of the dead,

Psalm 82:6, 7
I have said, "You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High. . . .

Isaiah 63:16
Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from of old is Your name.

Malachi 2:11
Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD's beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god.

John 8:41
You are doing the works of your father." "We are not illegitimate children, " they declared. "Our only Father is God Himself."

John 8:42
Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me.

Romans 9:7, 8
Nor because they are Abraham's descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, "Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned." . . .

2 Corinthians 6:18
And: "I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty."

saw.

2 Peter 2:14
Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.

that they.

Genesis 3:6
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, and he ate it.

Genesis 39:6, 7
So Potiphar left all that he owned in Joseph's care; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome, . . .

2 Samuel 11:2
One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing--a very beautiful woman.

Job 31:1
I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?

1 John 2:16
For all that is in the world--the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life--is not from the Father but from the world.

and they.

Genesis 24:3
and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling,

Genesis 27:46
Then Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am weary of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a Hittite wife from among them, what good is my life?"

Exodus 34:16
and when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their gods and cause your sons to do the same.

Deuteronomy 7:3, 4
Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, . . .

Joshua 23:12, 13
For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them, . . .

Ezra 9:1, 2, 12
After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said: "The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations are like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites. . . .

Nehemiah 13:24-27
Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of the other peoples, but could not speak Hebrew. . . .

Malachi 2:15
Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. Therefore guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.

1 Corinthians 7:39
A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.

2 Corinthians 6:14-16
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose.

King James Bible
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
the sons of God saw that the daughters of mankind were beautiful, and they took any they chose as wives for themselves.

International Standard Version
some divine beings noticed how attractive human women were, so they took wives for themselves from a selection that pleased them.

NET Bible
the sons of God saw that the daughters of humankind were beautiful. Thus they took wives for themselves from any they chose.
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