English of Core Text: It was taught: “And it came to pass when man began to multiply...” Rabbi Yochanan said: Increase (reviyah) came into the world; and Reish Lakish said: Strife (merivah) came into the world.
On the daf / in context: The word “hechel” / “larov” is read by the two Amoraim in opposite emotional registers: either blessing of increase or the onset of conflict.
Type of Learning: Custom (dual reading of the increase)What Is Learned: The multiplication of mankind is interpreted either as the arrival of increase or as the arrival of strife.