Genesis 6:1
AND it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
¶ And it came to passe, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were borne vnto them:
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28And 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.
28And God blessed them, and God said vnto them, *Be fruitfull, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it, and haue dominion ouer the fish of the sea, and ouer the foule of the aire, and ouer euery liuing thing that †mooueth vpon the earth.
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Genesis 6:1
To go by, through, over, or beyond; to happen, cease, or be transferred.
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Past-tense or past-participial form of begin (to have an original or first existence; to take rise; to commence).
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To increase or cause to increase in number, amount, or extent.
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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.
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The front of the head and its countenance or expression; the front, surface, outward appearance, presence, view, or personally known identity of a person, place, or thing.
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Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.
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6:1AND it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
6:1¶ And it came to passe, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were borne vnto them:
Selected passage6:2That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
6:2That the sonnes of God saw the daughters of men, that they were faire, and they took them wiues, of all which they chose.
6:3And 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.
6:3And the LORD said, My Spirit shall not alwayes striue with man; for that hee also is flesh: yet his dayes shalbe an hundred and twenty yeeres.
6:4There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
6:4There were Giants in the earth in those daies: and also after that, when the sonnes of God came in vnto the daughters of men, & they bare children to them; the same became mightie men, which were of old, men of renowme.