Genesis 6:1

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

Genesis 6:1 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 6:1

And it came to pass, when men began to multiply upon the
face of the earth
Either mankind in general, or rather the posterity of Cain, who were mere natural men, such as they were when born into the world, and as brought up in it, destitute of the grace of God, and of the knowledge and fear of him; and who in proportion much more multiplied than the posterity of Seth, because of the practice of polygamy, which by the example of Lamech, one of that race, might prevail among them: and daughters were born unto them;
not daughters only, but sons also, though it may be more daughters than sons, or it may denote remarkable ones, for their beauty or immodesty, or both; and chiefly this is observed for the sake of what follows.

Genesis 6:1 In-Context

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

2 The sons of God saw that the daughters of other humans were beautiful. So they married any woman they chose.

3 Then the LORD said, "My Spirit will not struggle with humans forever, because they are flesh and blood. They will live 120 years."

4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, as well as later, when the sons of God slept with the daughters of other humans and had children by them. These children were famous long ago.

5 The LORD saw how evil humans had become on the earth. All day long their deepest thoughts were nothing but evil.