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

And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enosh: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.

And you shall say unto Pharaoh, Thus says the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:

You are the children of the LORD your God: you shall not cut yourselves, nor make any bald place on your foreheads for the dead.

I have said, You are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.

Doubtless you are our father, though Abraham is ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledges us not: you, O LORD, are our father, our redeemer; your name is from everlasting.

Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.

You do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We are not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.

Neither, because they are the descendants of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall your descendants be called.

And will be a Father unto you, and you shall be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.

That they

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not anything he had, except the food which he did eat. And Joseph was a handsome person, and well favored.

And it came to pass in an evening, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.

I made a covenant with my eyes; why then should I think upon a maiden?

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

And they

And I will make you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:

And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these who are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?

And you take of their daughters unto your sons, and their daughters go play the harlot after their gods, and make your sons go play the harlot after their gods.

Neither shall you make marriages with them; your daughter you shall not give unto his son, nor his daughter shall you take unto your son.

Else if you do in any way go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:

Now when these things were done, the leaders came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, in regard to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

And their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the language of Judah, but according to the language of each people.

And did not he make them one? Yet had he the remnant of the spirit. And why one? That he might seek a godly offspring. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband lives; but if her husband is dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

Be you not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship has righteousness with unrighteousness? and what partnership has light with darkness?

General references

And make marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.

Neither shall you make marriages with them; your daughter you shall not give unto his son, nor his daughter shall you take unto your son.