Genesis 6:1-2

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The Corruption of Mankind

6 Now it happened, when men began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them, ²that the ^[a]sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful and desirable; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose and desired.

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Genesis 6:2 This phrase has been interpreted as a reference to: (a) royalty or rulers possessed by fallen angels, (b) the descendants of Seth who called upon the Lord (see 4:26), or (c) fallen angels (cf Job 1:6).