King James Version
Genesis 6:1 in the King James Version says “And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,”
Genesis 6:1 · KJV
And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh : yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“began”
H2490properly, to bore, i.e., (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin
“And it came to pass when men”
H120ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
“to multiply”
H7231properly, to cast together , i.e., increase, especially in number; to multiply by the myriad
“on”
H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“the face”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“and daughters”
H1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
“were born”
H3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
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