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Genesis 6:2-4
Evangelical Heritage Version

2 the sons of God[a] saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives for themselves any of them they chose. 3 The Lord said, “My Spirit will not struggle[b] with man forever, because he is only flesh.[c] His days will be 120 years.” 4 The Nephilim[d] were on the earth in those days. After that, the sons of God went to the daughters of men, who bore children for them. Those became the powerful, famous men of ancient times.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 6:2 The sons of God were the descendants of Seth. They were marrying the daughters of the ungodly line of Cain and of those who followed in Cain’s way.
  2. Genesis 6:3 Or remain
  3. Genesis 6:3 Flesh may refer to both sinfulness and mortality.
  4. Genesis 6:4 Nephilim is simply a transliteration of the Hebrew word. Its meaning is uncertain, but it is explained by the last sentence of the verse. There can be no direct connection with the Nephilim in Canaan after the flood.
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