Bible Strands
Genesis 6:1
Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records a historical transition following the creation mandate. The text notes a demographic shift as humanity increases across the earth and women are born.
The words — The verb הֵחֵל (he.Chel) marks the initiation of a process, while לָ/רֹב (la./Ro) literally describes becoming numerous. Together they state the factual onset of population growth.
The thread — This expansion fulfills the command in Genesis 1:28 to be fruitful and multiply. The verse establishes the demographic baseline for the interaction recorded in Genesis 6:2.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition of human population growth as a narrative fact before introducing subsequent divine and human actions. It requires the reader to track the shift from creation mandate to historical consequence without adding theological speculation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
Cross-references
- Genesis 1:28 God 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.”