Genesis 6:2-4

Wycliffe Bible

²the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair, and took wives to them of all which they had chosen. (the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and took wives for themselves of all whom they had chosen.)

³And God said, My spirit shall not dwell in man without end, for he is flesh; and the days of him shall be an hundred and twenty years.

⁴Soothly giants were on the earth in those days, forsooth after that the sons of God entered [in] to the daughters of men, and those daughters begat; these were mighty of the world and famous men (these were the mighty and famous men of the world).

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Genesis 6:2-4

New International Version

²the sons of God^(A) saw that the daughters^(B) of humans were beautiful,^(C) and they married^(D) any of them they chose. ³Then the Lord said, “My Spirit^(E) will not contend with^[a] humans forever,^(F) for they are mortal^[b];^(G) their days will be a hundred and twenty years.”

⁴The Nephilim^(H) were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans^(I) and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.^(J)

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Footnotes

Genesis 6:3 Or My spirit will not remain in
Genesis 6:3 Or corrupt

Genesis 6:2-4

King James Version

²That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

³And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

⁴There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

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