MEn began] Heb. man began. Enallage of number. began to multiply] To a very great number: for they multiplied from the beginning ever since the first benediction be fruitfull and multiply, was pronounced upon them, Genesis 1:28. but now the increase of man-kind began to be very great, haply by Lamechs practise of Polygamie or having many wives together, Genesis 4:19. which from the Cainites might become a custome among the sonnes of Seth. daughters were borne] The mentioning of daughters doth not exclude or deny the generation of sons, any more then the mentioning only of sons of Adam excludeth or denieth the generation of daughters; but here the children of that sexe are particularly spoken of, the other being presupposed or implied, because they were the occasion both of the corruption and calamity set forth in the ensuing story.