Genesis 6:1-4
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Ancient heroes
6 When the number of people started to increase throughout the fertile land, daughters were born to them. 2 The divine beings saw how beautiful these human women were, so they married the ones they chose. 3 The Lord said, “My breath[a] will not remain in humans forever, because they are flesh. They will live one hundred twenty years.” 4 In those days, giants[b] lived on the earth and also afterward, when divine beings and human daughters had sexual relations and gave birth to children. These were the ancient heroes, famous men.
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- Genesis 6:3 Or spirit
- Genesis 6:4 Or the Nephilim
Genesis 6:1-4
King James Version
6 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
3 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.
4 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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Job 1:6
Common English Bible
Job’s motives questioned
6 One day the divine beings[a] came to present themselves before the Lord, and the Adversary[b] also came among them.
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Job 1:6
King James Version
6 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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Job 2:1
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Job’s Adversary refuses to give up
2 One day the divine beings came to present themselves before the Lord. The Adversary also came among them to present himself before the Lord.
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Job 2:1
King James Version
2 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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Job 38:7
Common English Bible
7 while the morning stars sang in unison
and all the divine beings shouted?
Job 38:7
King James Version
7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
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