Genesis 6:1 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹ And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born unto them,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ WHEN MEN began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born unto them,

Common English Bible

¹ When the number of people started to increase throughout the fertile land, daughters were born to them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ And when men began to be multiplied upon the earth, and daughters were born to them,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ And after that men began to be multiplied upon the earth, and daughters were born to them.

Genesis 6:1 Cross References

Genesis 1:28

And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Genesis 5:32

And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 6:2

that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all that they chose.