Genesis 6:2

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Genesis 6:2

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James 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.

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WEB

World English Bible

God’s sons saw that men’s daughters were beautiful, and they took any that they wanted for themselves as wives.

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Genesis 6

¹ Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,

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

³ So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”

⁴ The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.

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