Genesis 6:2

Prelude To The Flood

¹ When humankind 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 humankind were beautiful. Thus they took wives for themselves from any they chose. ³ So the Lord said, "My spirit will not remain in humankind indefinitely, since they are mortal. They will remain for 120 more years."

Sons of God

Adam

Genesis 4:26

And a son was also born to Seth, whom he named Enosh. At that time people began to worship the Lord.

Genesis 27:46

Then Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am deeply depressed because of these daughters of Heth. If Jacob were to marry one of these daughters of Heth who live in this land, I would want to die!"

Genesis 39:6-7

So Potiphar left everything he had in Joseph's care; he gave no thought to anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well built and good-looking.

Exodus 4:22-23

You must say to Pharaoh, 'Thus says the Lord, "Israel is my son, my firstborn,

Exodus 34:16

and you then take his daughters for your sons, and when his daughters prostitute themselves to their gods, they will make your sons prostitute themselves to their gods as well.

Deuteronomy 7:3-4

You must not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,

Deuteronomy 14:1

You are children of the Lord your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave your forehead bald for the sake of the dead.

Joshua 23:12-13

But if you ever turn away and make alliances with these nations that remain near you, and intermarry with them and establish friendly relations with them,

2 Samuel 11:2

One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of his palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. Now this woman was very attractive.

Ezra 9:1-2

Now when these things had been completed, the leaders approached me and said, "The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites have not separated themselves from the local residents who practice detestable things similar to those of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

Ezra 9:12

Therefore do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons, and do not take their daughters in marriage for your sons. Do not ever seek their peace or welfare, so that you may be strong and may eat the good of the land and may leave it as an inheritance for your children forever.'

Nehemiah 13:24-27

Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod (or the language of one of the other peoples mentioned) and were unable to speak the language of Judah.

Job 31:1

"I made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I entertain thoughts against a virgin?

Psalm 82:6-7

I thought, 'You are gods; all of you are sons of the Most High.'

Isaiah 63:16

For you are our father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not recognize us. You, Lord, are our father; you have been called our protector from ancient times.

Malachi 2:11

Judah has become disloyal, and unspeakable sins have been committed in Israel and Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the holy things that the Lord loves and has turned to a foreign god!

Malachi 2:15

No one who has even a small portion of the Spirit in him does this. What did our ancestor do when seeking a child from God? Be attentive, then, to your own spirit, for one should not be disloyal to the wife he took in his youth.

John 8:41-42

You people are doing the deeds of your father." Then they said to Jesus, "We were not born as a result of immorality! We have only one Father, God himself."

Romans 9:7-8

nor are all the children Abraham's true descendants; rather "through Isaac will your descendants be counted."

1 Corinthians 7:39

A wife is bound as long as her husband is living. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes (only someone in the Lord).

2 Corinthians 6:14-16

Do not become partners with those who do not believe, for what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

2 Corinthians 6:18

and I will be a father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters," says the All-Powerful Lord.

2 Peter 2:14

Their eyes, full of adultery, never stop sinning; they entice unstable people. They have trained their hearts for greed, these cursed children!

1 John 2:16

because all that is in the world (the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance produced by material possessions) is not from the Father, but is from the world.

Genesis 3:6

When the woman saw that the tree produced fruit that was good for food, was attractive to the eye, and was desirable for making one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some of it to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

Genesis 24:3

so that I may make you solemnly promise by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth: You must not acquire a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living.