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

There was also born a son to Seth, and he named him Enosh. Then men began to call on Yahweh's name.

You shall tell Pharaoh, 'Thus says Yahweh, Israel is my son, my firstborn,

You are the children of Yahweh your God: you shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

I said, "You are gods, all of you are sons of the Most High.

For you are our Father, though Abraham doesn't know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us: you, Yahweh, are our Father; our Redeemer from everlasting is your name.

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

You do the works of your father." They said to him, "We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father, God."

Neither, because they are Abraham's seed, are they all children. But, "In Isaac will your seed be called."

I will be to you a Father. You will be to me sons and daughters,' 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 to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and ate; and she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate.

He left all that he had in Joseph's hand. He didn't concern himself with anything, except for the food which he ate. Joseph was well-built and handsome.

It happened at evening, that David arose from off his bed, and walked on the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful to look on.

"I made a covenant with my eyes, how then should I look lustfully at a young woman?

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn't the Father's, but is the world's.

And they

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

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, of the daughters of the land, what good will my life do me?"

and you take of their daughters to your sons, and their daughters play the prostitute after their gods, and make your sons play the prostitute after their gods.

neither shall you make marriages with them; your daughter you shall not give to his son, nor shall you take his daughter for your son.

"But if you do at all go back, and hold fast to the remnant of these nations, even these who remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in to them, and they to you;

Now when these things were done, the princes drew near to me, saying, "The people of Israel, and the priests and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, [doing] according 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 Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.

Did he not make you one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? Why one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

A wife is bound by law for as long as her husband lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whoever she desires, only in the Lord.

Don't be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

General references

Make marriages with us. Give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.

neither shall you make marriages with them; your daughter you shall not give to his son, nor shall you take his daughter for your son.