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Now it came about, when mankind began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them,

And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

that the sons of God saw that the daughters of mankind were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves, whomever 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.

Then the LORD said, "My Spirit will not remain with man forever, because he is also flesh; nevertheless his days shall be 120 years."

And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of mankind, and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.

There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.