Verse List for GEN 6:1

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OET (OET-RV) When people began to multiply on the earth’s surface, and they were having daughters,

OET-LV And_he/it _was if/because it _began the_humankind to_increase _in _number on the _surface _of the_soil and_daughters they _were _born to/for_them.

ULT And it happened when mankind began to multiply on the surface of the earth and daughters were born to them,

UST ¶  Now it happened that people began to multiply in number all over the earth, and they were having daughters.

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

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

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

NET When humankind began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to 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,

FBV People started to increase in number and spread out across the earth. Daughters were born to them,

T4T When people began to become very numerous all over the earth, and many daughters were born to them,

LEB And it happened that, when humankind began to multiply on the face of the ground, daughters were born to them.

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

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

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

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

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

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

SLT And it shall be when man begins to multiply upon the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,

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

KJB-1769 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

KJB-1611 ¶ And it came to passe, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were borne vnto them:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And it came to passe, that when men began to be multiplied in the vpper face of the earth, there were daughters borne vnto the:
(And it came to pass, that when men began to be multiplied in the upper face of the earth, there were daughters born unto them:)

Gnva So when men began to be multiplied vpon the earth, and there were daughters borne vnto them,
(So when men began to be multiplied upon the earth, and there were daughters born unto them,)

Cvdl So whan men beganne to multiplie vpon the earth, and had begot them doughters,
(So when men began to multiply upon the earth, and had begot them daughters,)

Wycl Forsothe Noe whanne he was of fyue hundrid yeer gendride Sem, Cham, and Jafeth. And whanne men bigunnen to be multiplied on erthe, and hadden gendrid douytris,
(For_certain/Truly Noe when he was of five hundred year begat/gave_birth_to Sem, Cham, and Yafeth. And when men began to be multiplied on earth, and had born daughters,)

Luth Da sich aber die Menschen begannen zu mehren auf Erden und zeugeten ihnen Töchter,
(So itself/yourself/themselves but the people begannen to/for increase on/in/to earth/land/ground and fathered to_them daughters,)

ClVg Cumque cœpissent homines multiplicari super terram, et filias procreassent,[fn]
(And_when they_would_have_begun people/men multiplicari over the_earth/land, and daughters procreassent,)

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

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

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