Wickedness in the World

When human beings began to increase in number on the earth(A) and daughters were born to them, the sons of God(B) saw that the daughters(C) of humans were beautiful,(D) and they married(E) any of them they chose. Then the Lord said, “My Spirit(F) will not contend with[a] humans forever,(G) for they are mortal[b];(H) their days will be a hundred and twenty years.”

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

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Footnotes

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

And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

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

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.

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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One day the angels[a](A) came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan[b](B) also came with them.(C)

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  1. Job 1:6 Hebrew the sons of God
  2. Job 1:6 Hebrew satan means adversary.

Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them.

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On another day the angels[a](A) came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them(B) to present himself before him.

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  1. Job 2:1 Hebrew the sons of God

Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the Lord.

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while the morning stars(A) sang together(B)
    and all the angels[a](C) shouted for joy?(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 38:7 Hebrew the sons of God

When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

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