signifies the many children that were born.17 Nevertheless, chapter 5 with its emphasis on man’s ability to reproduce himself in God’s image suggests that there is a verbal connection with chapter 6:1, 2. Returning to the clause “when man began to multiply on the face of the land,” we consider that 6:1 contains a restatement of chapter 5 similar to the summary of the creation account written to introduce the Sabbath (Gen 2:1–3) and the restatement of the creation of Adam and Eve (5:1, 2) before the