Discovery BoxGenesis 6:1 
Context6:1 When humankind 1 began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born 2 to them, 3
Genesis 11:8
Context11:8 So the Lord scattered them from there across the face of the entire earth, and they stopped building 4 the city.
Genesis 31:2
Context31:2 When Jacob saw the look on Laban’s face, he could tell his attitude toward him had changed. 5
Genesis 48:12
Context48:12 So Joseph moved them from Israel’s knees 6 and bowed down with his face to the ground.
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.
4 tn The infinitive construct לִבְנֹת (livnot, “building”) here serves as the object of the verb “they ceased, stopped,” answering the question of what they stopped doing.
5 tn Heb “and Jacob saw the face of Laban, and look, he was not with him as formerly.” Jacob knew from the expression on Laban’s face that his attitude toward him had changed – Jacob had become persona non grata.
6 tn Heb “and Joseph brought them out from with his knees.” The two boys had probably been standing by Israel’s knees when being adopted and blessed. The referent of the pronoun “his” (Israel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
