Gen 6:2 | MHM | STEP | v. 2 : The “sons of God” (those who worshipped God, like the family of Seth) started to marry the “daughters of men” (women from families who did not follow God, like Cain’s descendants). These marriages were not good because the godly people did not keep themselves separate. They chose wives only for their beauty, not for their faith or character. They followed their own desires and did not ask God for guidance. This led to believers being “unequally yoked with unbelievers” (2 Cor. vi. 14 ), which God later forbade for Israel (Deut. vii. 3, 4 ). Mixed marriages like this caused trouble for Solomon (1 Kings xi. 1-4 ) and for the Jews after returning from Babylon (Ezra ix. 1, 2 ). Those who say they belong to God should be careful to marry believers, because it is easier for bad people to drag good people down than for good people to lift bad people up.

‏ Genesis 6:2

v. 2: The “sons of God” (those who worshipped God, like the family of Seth) started to marry the “daughters of men” (women from families who did not follow God, like Cain’s descendants). These marriages were not good because the godly people did not keep themselves separate. They chose wives only for their beauty, not for their faith or character. They followed their own desires and did not ask God for guidance. This led to believers being “unequally yoked with unbelievers” (2 Cor. vi. 14 ^a), which God later forbade for Israel (Deut. vii. 3, 4 ^b). Mixed marriages like this caused trouble for Solomon (1 Kings xi. 1-4 ^c) and for the Jews after returning from Babylon (Ezra ix. 1, 2 ^d). Those who say they belong to God should be careful to marry believers, because it is easier for bad people to drag good people down than for good people to lift bad people up.