And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born unto them,
WEB
Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,
YLT
And it cometh to pass that mankind have begun to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters have been born to them,
DBT
And it came to pass when mankind began to multiply on the earth, and daughters were born to them,
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)