Genesis 6:2

Genesis 6:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
• New International Version (NIV)the sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose.
• New King James Version (NKJV)that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves of all whom they chose.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The sons of God saw the beautiful women and took any they wanted as their wives.

Context of Genesis 6:2

1When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them, the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose. 3Then the Lord said, "My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years." 4The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.

Genesis 6:2 word by word

וַיִּרְא֤וּ בְנֵי־הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ אֶת־בְּנ֣וֹת הָֽאָדָ֔ם כִּ֥י טֹבֹ֖ת הֵ֑נָּה וַיִּקְח֤וּ לָהֶם֙ נָשִׁ֔ים מִכֹּ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּחָֽרוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• That the sonsבֵּןbên · son: type ofH1121
• of Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• sawרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• the daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• of menאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• that theyהֵנָּהhênnâh · they(fem.)H2007
• fairטוֹבţôb · pleasantH2896
• and they tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: marryH3947
• them wivesאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• of all which they choseבָּחַרbâchar · to chooseH977

Cross-references for Genesis 6:2

• Genesis 4:26To Seth also a son was born, and he called his name Enosh. At that time people began to call upon the name of the Lord.
• Exodus 4:22Then you shall say to Pharaoh, 'Thus says the Lord, Israel is my firstborn son,
• Deuteronomy 14:1"You are the sons of the Lord your God. You shall not cut yourselves or make any baldness on your foreheads for the dead.
• Psalms 82:6I said, "You are gods, sons of the Most High, all of you;
• Isaiah 63:16For you are our Father, though Abraham does not know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us; you, O Lord, are our Father, our Redeemer from of old is your name.
• Malachi 2:11Judah has been faithless, and 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.
• John 8:41You are doing the works your father did." They said to him, "We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father—even God."
• John 8:42Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I came not of my own accord, but he sent me.
• Romans 9:7and not all are children of Abraham because they are his offspring, but "Through Isaac shall your offspring be named."
• 2 Corinthians 6:18and I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty."
• 2 Peter 2:14They have eyes full of adultery, insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children!
• Genesis 3:6So 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 also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.
• Genesis 39:6So he left all that he had in Joseph's charge, and because of him he had no concern about anything but the food he ate. Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance.
• 2 Samuel 11:2It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking on the roof of the king's house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful.
• Job 31:1"I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a virgin?
• 1 John 2:16For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world.

Commentaries on Genesis 6:2

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-8Verses 1-8 - The Growth of Sin 3. דון dı̂yn “be down, strive, subdue, judge.” בשׁגם bāshagām “inasmuch, as also.” The rendering “in their error” requires the pointing בשׁגם beshāgām and the plural form of the following pronoun. It is also unknown to the Septuagint. 4. נפילים nepı̂lı̂ym “assailants, fellers, men of violence, tyrants.” Having traced the line of descent from Adam through Sheth, the seed of God, to Noah, the author proceeds to describe…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2The sons of God have generally been understood as fallen angels (or demons). The main interpretation of the phrase seems to refer to demons. The same Hebrew phrase is in Job 1:6; 2:1; 38:7; Psalms 29:1; 89:7. This idea appears often in ancient Jewish and Christian writings (for example, 1 Enoch 6:1–7:6; Justin Martyr, Apology 2.5). The New Testament also seems to support this view in some passages (see 1 Peter 3:18–20; 2 Peter 2:4; Jude 1:6–7). Some…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-222. the sons of God saw the daughters of men--By the former is meant the family of Seth, who were professedly religious; by the latter, the descendants of apostate Cain. Mixed marriages between parties of opposite principles and practice were necessarily sources of extensive corruption. The women, religious themselves, would as wives and mothers exert an influence fatal to the existence of religion in their household, and consequently the people of that…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Sons of God
• Corrupt
• Fill
• Flesh
• Imagination
• Marriage
• Multiply
• Noah

Commentaries on Genesis 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings