Genesis 6:1-4 (New International Version)

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The Flood

1 When men began to increase in number on the earth¹ and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God² saw that the daughters of men³ were beautiful,⁴ and they married⁵ any of them they chose. 3 Then the LORD said, "My Spirit⁶ will not contend with^a man forever,⁷ for he is mortal^b;⁸ his days will be a hundred and twenty years." 4 The Nephilim⁹ were on the earth in those days--and also afterward--when the sons of God went to the daughters of men¹⁰ and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.¹¹

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