Genesis 6:1

In 11 translations

BSB

Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,

KJV

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

WEB

When men began to multiply on the surface of the ground, and daughters were born to them,

ASV

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

LSV

And it comes to pass that mankind has begun to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters have been born to them,

YLT

And it cometh to pass that mankind have begun to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters have been born to them,

DBY

And it came to pass when mankind began to multiply on the earth, and daughters were born to them,

DRC

And after that men began to be multiplied upon the earth, and daughters were born to them,

GNV

So when men began to be multiplied vpon the earth, and there were daughters borne vnto them,

JPS

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

LXXE

And it came to pass when men began to be numerous upon the earth, and daughters were born to them,

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַֽיְהִי֙ כִּֽי־הֵחֵ֣ל הָֽאָדָ֔ם לָרֹ֖ב עַל־פְּנֵ֣י הָֽאֲדָמָ֑ה וּבָנ֖וֹת יֻלְּד֥וּ לָהֶֽם׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐγένετο ἡνίκα ἤρξαντο οἱ ἄνθρωποι πολλοὶ γίνεσθαι ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, καὶ θυγατέρες ἐγεννήθησαν αὐτοῖς.

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• Noah and the Flood God sees violence filling the earth and decides to destroy it; righteous Noah, his household and animals survive in the ark while all life o…

Cross-references most cited first

• Genesis 1:28God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”

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