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Genesis 6:1
Genesis 6:1 is verse 1 of Genesis chapter 6, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,
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,
World English Bible
When men began to multiply on the surface of the ground, and daughters were born to them,
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Genesis 6:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible
1 Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,
2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.
3 So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 1:28God 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.”