Genesis 6:1

God’s Grief over Humankind’s Wickedness

6:1 When humankind ¹  began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born ²  to them, ³ 

Genesis 36:5

36:5 and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These were the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 50:23

50:23 Joseph saw the descendants of Ephraim to the third generation. ⁴  He also saw the children of Makir the son of Manasseh; they were given special inheritance rights by Joseph. ⁵ 

Genesis 31:43

31:43 Laban replied ⁶  to Jacob, “These women ⁷  are my daughters, these children are my grandchildren, ⁸  and these flocks are my flocks. All that you see belongs to me. But how can I harm these daughters of mine today ⁹  or the children to whom they have given birth?

[6:1]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text has the article prefixed to the noun. Here the article indicates the generic use of the word אָדָם (’adam): “humankind.”

[6:1]  ² tn This disjunctive clause (conjunction + subject + verb) is circumstantial to the initial temporal clause. It could be rendered, “with daughters being born to them.” For another example of such a disjunctive clause following the construction וַיְהִיכִּי (vayÿhiki, “and it came to pass when”), see 2 Sam 7:1.

[6:1]  ³ tn The pronominal suffix is third masculine plural, indicating that the antecedent “humankind” is collective.

[50:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “saw Ephraim, the children of the third.”

[50:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “they were born on the knees of Joseph.” This expression implies their adoption by Joseph, which meant that they received an inheritance from him.

[31:43]  ⁷ tn Heb “answered and said.”

[31:43]  ⁸ tn Heb “daughters.”

[31:43]  ⁹ tn Heb “children.”

[31:43]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “but to my daughters what can I do to these today?”