Genesis 6:2
2the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose.Genesis 6:4
4The Nephilim ▼▼Or giants
were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown. Genesis 26:34-35
34When Esau was forty years old, he took bJudith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite to be his wife, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite, 35and cthey made life bitter ▼▼Hebrew they were bitterness of spirit
for Isaac and Rebekah. Genesis 27:46
46Then Rebekah said to Isaac, e“I loathe my life because of the Hittite women. ▼▼Hebrew daughters of Heth
gIf Jacob marries one of the Hittite women like these, one of the women of the land, what good will my life be to me?” Genesis 28:1-2
Jacob Sent to Laban
1Then Isaac called Jacob hand blessed him and directed him, i“You must not take a wife from the Canaanite women. 2 jArise, go to Paddan-aram to the house of kBethuel your mother’s father, and take as your wife from there one of the daughters of Laban your mother’s brother.Genesis 28:8
8So when Esau saw lthat the Canaanite women did not please Isaac his father,Exodus 34:16
16and you take of mtheir daughters for your sons, and their daughters nwhore after their gods and make your sons whore after their gods.Deuteronomy 7:3-4
3 oYou shall not intermarry with them, giving your daughters to their sons or taking their daughters for your sons, 4for they would turn away your sons from following me, to serve other gods. pThen the anger of the Lord would be kindled against you, and he would destroy you qquickly.1 Corinthians 7:39
39 rA wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only sin the Lord.
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