Font Size
Genesis 6:1-3
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Genesis 6:1-3
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
The Wickedness of Mankind
6 When men began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God[a] saw that the daughters of men were fair; and they took to wife such of them as they chose. 3 Then the Lord said, “My spirit shall not abide in man for ever, for he is flesh, but his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.”
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 6.2 sons of God could mean simply “divine beings,” as elsewhere in the Old Testament. The writer, however, may be using an old story or myth to point out the progressive degradation of mankind before the Flood and to warn against the evil effects of intermarriage either of the descendants of Seth with the Kenites or, more probably, of the Israelites with the native populations of Canaan.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)
The Revised Standard Version of the Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1965, 1966 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Bible Gateway Recommends
The Ave Catholic Notetaking Bible (Rsv2ce)Second Catholic Edition, Cloth, Not Applicable
Retail: $49.95
Our Price: $44.96
Save: $4.99 (10%)
The Catholic Comic Book Bible: Gospel of Luke, Paper, Not Applicable
Retail: $19.95
Our Price: $17.96
Save: $1.99 (10%)
Youcat Bible
Our Price: $24.95
Ignatius Bible-RSV, Edition 0002, Paper, Not Applicable
Retail: $49.95
Our Price: $44.96
Save: $4.99 (10%)