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And it happened,וַיְהִיwhenכִּיhuman beingsהָאָדָםbeganהֵחֵלto multiplyלָרֹבonעַלthe faceפְּנֵיof the ground,הָאֲדָמָהand daughtersוּבָנוֹתwere bornיֻלְּדוּto them,לָהֶם
Genesis 6:1
Study it in the app“And it happened, when human beings began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born to them,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 6:1, word by word
- And it happenedיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- human beingsאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- beganהֵחֵלhechel
begin
To start doing something.
Where else “hechel” appears- to multiplyרֹבrov
be many
Become many, increase.
Where else “rov” appears- the faceפְּנֵיpene
surface
The surface: "the face of the earth".
Where else “pene” appears- of the groundאֲדָמָהadama
soil
Farmland, or dust.
Where else “adama” appears- and daughtersבָנוֹתvanot
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “vanot” appears- were bornיֻלְּדוּyuldu
be born
To come into the world, to begin to live.
Where else “yuldu” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2that the sons of Elohim saw that the daughters of human beings were beautiful; and they took for themselves wives from all whom they chose.
To study Genesis 6 in a group
1. What it says
What did YHWH see on the earth, and what did Elohim tell Noah to do (vv. 5, 13-14)?
2. What it means
Why does the text say Noah found favor in the eyes of YHWH (vv. 8-9)?
3. How I live it
What good thing can you keep doing steadily even if those around you do not understand it, as Noah did (v. 22)?