Protestantism
English
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all that they chose.
and sons of God see the daughters of men that they are fair, and they take to themselves women of all whom they have chosen.
that the sons of1 God saw the daughters of men that they were fair, and took themselves wives of all that they chose.
- 6.2 Elohim
Then the sonnes of God sawe the daughters of men that they were faire, and they tooke them wiues of all that they liked.
the sonnes of God sawe the doughters of men that they were fayre and toke vnto them wyves which they best liked amoge the all.
that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair. And they took to them wives of all that they chose.
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair; and they took wives for themselves from those who were pleasing to them.
the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.
that the sons of G-d saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives, whomsoever they chose.
that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men [were] fair, and they took [for] themselves wives of all whom they chose.
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
Then1 the sons of God saw the daughters of humankind, that they were beautiful. And they took for themselves wives from all that they chose.
- Or “And”
The sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were good. And they took wives for themselves from all those whom they chose.
the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were good. And they took wives for themselves from all whom they chose.
that God's sons saw that men's daughters were beautiful, and they took for themselves wives of all that they chose.
that God's sons saw that men's daughters were beautiful, and they took for themselves wives of all that they chose.
that God's sons saw that men's daughters were beautiful, and they took for themselves wives of all that they chose.
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
That the sons of Elohim saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
that the sons of God saw the daughters of men! that they were, fair,—so they took to themselves wives of whomsoever they chose,
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all whom they chose.
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
Catholicism
English
The sons of God seeing the daughters of men, that they were fair, took to themselves wives of all which they chose.
the sons of God, seeing that the daughters of men were beautiful, took to themselves wives from all whom they chose.12
- 6:2Augustine and others say that this passage refers to the lineages of Seth and Cain, the one being holy and close to God, and the other living apart from God. My suggestion is a more generalized version of what Augustine said, namely, that the sons of God are those who stayed close to God in their lives, and the sons of men are those who lived merely secular lives. In the Bible, the term ‘sons of’ does not necessarily connotate lineage. For example, those who commit adultery are called, ‘sons of adulterers,’ not because their parents were also adulterers, but because they act as if they were sons of adultery personified. There were, in ancient times, prior to any organized religion as we have today, some who were holy, who lived close to God, and who, as a result, lived long lives. But these sons of God were attracted to women who were not holy, who lived secular lives. Thus God generally limits the length of our lives because of sin.(Conte)
- 6:2The sons of God: The descendants of Seth and Enos are here called sons of God from their religion and piety: whereas the ungodly race of Cain, who by their carnal affections lay grovelling upon the earth, are called the children of men. The unhappy consequence of the former marrying with the latter, ought to be a warning to Christians to be very circumspect in their marriages; and not to suffer themselves to be determined in their choice by their carnal passion, to the prejudice of virtue or religion.(Challoner)