Genesis 6:1

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

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When men began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them,

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Now it came about, when men began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them,

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When the human population began to grow rapidly on the earth,

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When the human race began to increase, with more and more daughters being born,

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And after a time, when men were increasing on the earth, and had daughters,

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When people began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born to them,

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

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

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.”

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.

³ tn The pronominal suffix is third masculine plural, indicating that the antecedent “humankind” is collective.