Genesis 6:1-4
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Sons of God and Daughters of Men
6 When mankind began to multiply on the earth and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God(A) saw that the daughters of mankind were beautiful, and they took any they chose as wives[a] for themselves.(B) 3 And the Lord said, “My Spirit will not remain[b] with[c] mankind forever,(C) because they are corrupt.[d](D) Their days will be 120 years.” 4 The Nephilim[e] were on the earth both in those days and afterward, when the sons of God came to the daughters of mankind, who bore children to them. They were the powerful men of old, the famous men.
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- Genesis 6:2 Or women
- Genesis 6:3 Or strive
- Genesis 6:3 Or in
- Genesis 6:3 Lit flesh
- Genesis 6:4 Possibly means “fallen ones”; traditionally, “giants”; Nm 13:31-33
Genesis 6:1-4
New International Version
Wickedness in the World
6 When human beings began to increase in number on the earth(A) and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God(B) saw that the daughters(C) of humans were beautiful,(D) and they married(E) any of them they chose. 3 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.”
4 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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- Genesis 6:3 Or My spirit will not remain in
- Genesis 6:3 Or corrupt
2 Peter 2:4
Holman Christian Standard Bible
4 For if God didn’t spare(A) the angels who sinned but threw them down into Tartarus[a](B) and delivered them to be kept in chains[b] of darkness until judgment;(C)
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- 2 Peter 2:4 = Gk name for a place of divine punishment in the underworld.
- 2 Peter 2:4 Other mss read in pits
2 Peter 2:4
New International Version
4 For if God did not spare angels when they sinned,(A) but sent them to hell,[a] putting them in chains of darkness[b] to be held for judgment;(B)
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- 2 Peter 2:4 Greek Tartarus
- 2 Peter 2:4 Some manuscripts in gloomy dungeons
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