When humankind ¹  began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born ²  to them, ³ 

biblegateway Gen 6:1

Now it came about, when men began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them,

When mankind began to multiply on the earth and daughters were born to them,

The number of people increased all over the earth, and daughters were born to them.

biblegateway Gen 6:1

When men began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them,

When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them,

bibleoremus Gen 6:1

When people began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born to them,

THE human race began to increase and to spread over the earth and daughters were born to them.

biblegateway Gen 6:1

Now it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,

And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

biblegateway Gen 6:1

When humankind ¹  began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born ²  to them, ³ 

¹ tn The Hebrew text has the article prefixed to the noun. Here the article indicates the generic use of the word אָדָם (’adam): “humankind.”

² tn This disjunctive clause (conjunction + subject + verb) is circumstantial to the initial temporal clause. It could be rendered, “with daughters being born to them.” For another example of such a disjunctive clause following the construction וַיְהִיכִּי (vayÿhiki, “and it came to pass when”), see 2 Sam 7:1.

³ tn The pronominal suffix is third masculine plural, indicating that the antecedent “humankind” is collective.