Genesis 6:2

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

the sons of God saw that the daughters of humanity were beautiful, and they took wives for themselves from whomever they chose.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    That the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves from all whom they chose.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    that the sons{H1121} of God{H430} saw{H7200} the daughters{H1323} of men{H120} that they{H2007} were fair;{H2896} and they took{H3947} them wives{H802} of all that they chose.{H977}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    That the sons{H1121} of God{H430} saw{H7200}{(H8799)} the daughters{H1323} of men{H120} that they{H2007} were fair{H2896}; and they took{H3947}{(H8799)} them wives{H802} of all which they chose{H977}{(H8804)}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    the sonnes of God sawe the doughters of men that they were fayre and toke vnto them wyves which they best liked amoge the all.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    the children of God sawe the doughters of men, that they were fayre, and toke vnto the wyues soch as they liked.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Then the sonnes of God sawe the daughters of men that they were faire, & they tooke them wiues of all that they liked.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And the sonnes of God also sawe the daughters of men that they were fayre, & they toke them wyues, such as theyliked, from among them all.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    that God's sons saw that men's daughters were beautiful, and they took for themselves wives of all that they chose.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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)

    that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all that they chose.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    that God's sons saw that men's daughters were beautiful, and they took for themselves wives of all that they chose.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 7:3-4 : 3 Do not intermarry with them: do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, 4 because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the LORD's anger will burn against you, and He will quickly destroy you.
  • Ezra 9:12 : 12 So now, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons. Do not seek their peace or prosperity forever, so that you may be strong, eat the good things of the land, and leave it to your children as an inheritance forever.
  • Mal 2:11 : 11 Judah has been unfaithful, and an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the Lord, which He loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.
  • Rom 9:7-8 : 7 Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, 'Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.' 8 This means it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring.
  • Exod 34:16 : 16 And when you take some of their daughters as wives for your sons, their daughters will lead your sons to prostitute themselves to their gods.
  • Ezra 9:1-2 : 1 When these things were completed, the officials approached me and said, 'The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not separated themselves from the surrounding peoples and their detestable practices, like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.' 2 They have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, and they have mingled the holy seed with the peoples of the lands. Furthermore, the leaders and officials have been foremost in this unfaithfulness.
  • Neh 13:24-27 : 24 Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or the language of other peoples, but they could not speak the language of Judah. 25 So I confronted them, cursed them, struck some of them, pulled out their hair, and made them swear by God: 'You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or yourselves.' 26 Did not Solomon, king of Israel, sin because of such things? Among the many nations, there was no king like him; he was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. Yet, even he was led into sin by foreign women. 27 Must we then hear about you committing all this terrible evil, acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?
  • Josh 23:12-13 : 12 But if you turn away and ally yourselves with the survivors of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry with them and associate with them, 13 then you can be certain that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become snares and traps for you, whips on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land the LORD your God has given you.
  • Gen 4:26 : 26 Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh. At that time, people began to call on the name of the LORD.
  • Gen 27:46 : 46 Then Rebekah said to Isaac, 'I am disgusted with my life because of the Hittite women. If Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these women from the land, what good is my life to me?'
  • Gen 39:6-7 : 6 So Potiphar left everything he had in Joseph's care; with Joseph in charge, he paid no attention to anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance. 7 After some time, his master's wife looked at Joseph with desire and said, "Sleep with me."
  • Exod 4:22-23 : 22 Then you shall say to Pharaoh, 'This is what the LORD says: Israel is my firstborn son, 23 and I told you to let my son go so he may worship me, but you refused to let him go. So I will kill your firstborn son.'
  • 2 Sam 11:2 : 2 One evening, David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the king’s house. From the roof, he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful.
  • Deut 14:1 : 1 You are children of the LORD your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave a bald spot on your foreheads for the dead.
  • Job 31:1 : 1 I made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a young woman?
  • Ps 82:6-7 : 6 I said, 'You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.' 7 However, like men, you will die; and like one of the princes, you will fall.
  • Isa 63:16 : 16 But you are our Father, though Abraham does not know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, LORD, are our Father, our Redeemer from of old is your name.
  • John 8:41-42 : 41 You are doing the works of your father." They said to him, "We are not illegitimate children. We have one Father—God." 42 Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I did not come on my own, but he sent me.
  • 1 Cor 7:39 : 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, only in the Lord.
  • 2 Cor 6:14-16 : 14 Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with lawlessness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? 15 What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? 16 What agreement can there be between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: 'I will dwell among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.'
  • 2 Cor 6:18 : 18 And, 'I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters,' says the Lord Almighty.
  • 2 Pet 2:14 : 14 They have eyes full of adultery, never ceasing from sin. They entice unstable souls and have hearts trained in greed. They are accursed children.
  • 1 John 2:16 : 16 For all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father, but is from the world.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 6:1
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    1 When mankind began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,

  • Gen 6:3-6
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    84%

    3 Then the Lord said, "My Spirit will not contend with humanity forever, because they are flesh; their days will be 120 years."

    4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humanity and had children by them. They were the mighty men of old, men of renown.

    5 The Lord saw how great the wickedness of humanity had become on the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of their heart was only evil continually.

    6 The Lord regretted that He had made humanity on the earth, and it deeply grieved Him.

  • Judg 3:6
    78%

    6 They took the daughters of these peoples as wives for themselves, gave their own daughters to the sons of these peoples, and worshiped their gods.

  • Gen 5:4
    71%

    4 After he fathered Seth, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.

  • Exod 34:16
    71%

    16 And when you take some of their daughters as wives for your sons, their daughters will lead your sons to prostitute themselves to their gods.

  • Jer 29:6
    71%

    6 Take wives and have sons and daughters. Find wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage so they may have sons and daughters. Multiply there, and do not decrease.

  • Gen 6:11-12
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    71%

    11 Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth was filled with violence.

    12 God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all flesh had ruined their way on the earth.

  • Gen 19:31
    70%

    31 The older daughter said to the younger, "Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to marry us in the customary way of the entire earth.

  • Gen 3:6
    70%

    6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate.

  • Mark 10:6
    70%

    6 'But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female.'

  • Gen 2:22-23
    2 verses
    70%

    22 Then the LORD God formed the rib He had taken from the man into a woman and brought her to the man.

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  • Gen 6:18-19
    2 verses
    69%

    18 But I will establish My covenant with you, and you shall go into the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you.

    19 And of every living thing, of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind into the ark to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.

  • Gen 34:9
    69%

    9 Make marriages with us: give your daughters to us and take our daughters for yourselves.

  • Job 42:15
    69%

    15 Nowhere in all the land were there found women as beautiful as Job's daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance along with their brothers.

  • Gen 5:2
    69%

    2 He created them male and female, and He blessed them and named them 'Mankind' on the day they were created.

  • Gen 34:21
    69%

    21 "These men are at peace with us. Let them dwell in the land and trade in it, for the land is spacious enough for them. Let us take their daughters as wives, and let us give them our daughters.

  • Gen 7:6
    69%

    6 Noah was six hundred years old when the floodwaters came upon the earth.

  • Ezra 10:44
    69%

    44 All these had married foreign women, and some of them had even fathered children by them.

  • Gen 4:19
    69%

    19 Lamech married two wives, one named Adah and the other Zillah.

  • Luke 17:27
    69%

    27 People were eating, drinking, marrying, and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.

  • Job 1:6
    69%

    6 One day, the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.

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    69%

    26 Then God said, 'Let us make mankind in our image, after our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, all the earth, and all the creatures that move along the ground.'

  • Judg 21:22
    68%

    22 'When their fathers or brothers come to us to complain, we will say to them, "Do us a favor by allowing them to have these wives, for we did not obtain wives for them during the battle. And you did not give your daughters to them, so you are not guilty of breaking your oath."'

  • Gen 1:28
    68%

    28 God blessed them and said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and every living creature that moves on the ground.'