New English Translation

Genesis 6:1-3 New English Translation (NET)

1. When humankind began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,

2. the sons of God saw that the daughters of humankind were beautiful. Thus they took wives for themselves from any they chose.

3. So the Lord said, “My spirit will not remain in humankind indefinitely, since they are mortal. They will remain for 120 more years.”