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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 6, Verse 2

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And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
King James Version
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they [were] fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
American Standard Version
that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all that they chose.
New English Translation
the sons of God saw that the daughters of humankind were beautiful. Thus they took wives for themselves from any they chose.
World English Bible
that God's sons saw that men's daughters were beautiful, and they took for themselves wives of all that they chose.
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And 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.
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There 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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And GOD saw that the wickedness of man [was] great in the earth, and [that] every imagination of the thoughts of his heart [was] only evil continually.
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And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
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And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
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But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
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These [are] the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man [and] perfect in his generations, [and] Noah walked with God.
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And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
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And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.