1. Men began to increase their numbers on the earth, and daughters were born to them.
2. The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful. So they married any of them they chose.
3. Then the Lord said, "My Spirit will not struggle with man forever. He will die. He will have only 120 years to live until I judge him."
4. The Nephilim were on the earth in those days. That was when the sons of God went to the daughters of men and had children by them. The Nephilim were the heroes of long ago. They were famous men. Nephilim were also on the earth later on.
5. The Lord saw how bad the sins of man had become on the earth. All of the thoughts in his heart were always directed only toward what was evil.