Genesis 6:2

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Summary

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.

The sons

That they

1 John 2:16

And they

General references

Genesis 34:9

Deuteronomy 7:3

Bible References

The sons

To Seth, to him also a son was born; and he called his name Enosh. Then men began to call upon the name of the Lord.

Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Israel is My son, My firstborn.

“You are the sons of the Lord your God; you shall not cut yourselves nor shave your forehead for the sake of the dead.

I said, “You are gods,

And all of you are sons of the Most High.

For You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us
And Israel does not recognize us.
You, O Lord, are our Father,
Our Redeemer from of old is Your name.

Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the Lord

which He loves and has married the daughter of a foreign god.

You are doing the deeds of your father.” They said to Him, “We were not born of fornication; we have one Father: God.”

nor are they all children because they are Abraham’s descendants, but: “

through Isaac your

descendants will be named.”

“And I will be a father to you,
And you shall be sons and daughters to Me,”
Says the Lord Almighty.

That they

When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.

So he left everything he owned in Joseph’s charge; and with him there he did not concern himself with anything except the food which he ate.Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance.

Now when evening came David arose from his bed and walked around on the roof of the king’s house, and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful in appearance.

“I have made a covenant with my eyes;
How then could I gaze at a virgin?

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.

And they

and I will make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live,

Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am tired of living because of the daughters of Heth; if Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these, from the daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?”

and you might take some of his daughters for your sons, and his daughters might play the harlot with their gods and cause your sons also to play the harlot with their gods.

Furthermore, you shall not intermarry with them; you shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor shall you take their daughters for your sons.

For if you ever go back and cling to the rest of these nations, these which remain among you, and intermarry with them, so that you associate with them and they with you,

Now when these things had been completed, the princes approached me, saying, “The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, according to their abominations, those of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians and the Amorites.

As for their children, half spoke in the language of Ashdod, and none of them was able to speak the language of Judah, but the language of his own people.

But not one has done so who has a remnant of the Spirit. And what did that one do while he was seeking a godly offspring? Take heed then to your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of your youth.

A wife is bound as long as her husband lives; but if her husband is dead, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.

Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness?

General references

Intermarry with us; give your daughters to us and take our daughters for yourselves.

Furthermore, you shall not intermarry with them; you shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor shall you take their daughters for your sons.