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Genesis 6:1 KJV
Genesis · chapter 6 · verse 1
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 · King James Version
Genesis 6:1 in context
1And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
2That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
3And 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- daughtersbatha daughterH1323 →
- multiplyrâbabproperly, to cast togetherH7231 →
- beganchâlalproperly, to boreH2490 →
- earthʼădâmâhsoilH127 →
- facepânîymthe faceH6440 →
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For the glory of God's justice, and for warning to a wicked world, before the history of the ruin of the old world, we have a full account of its degeneracy, its apostasy from God and rebellion against him.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-2