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NASB | Genesis 6:3 Then the LORD said, "My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; nevertheless his days shall be one hundred and twenty years." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 6:3 Then the LORD said, "My Spirit shall not strive and remain with man forever, because he is indeed flesh [sinful, corrupt--given over to sensual appetites]; nevertheless his days shall yet be a hundred and twenty years." |
Bible Question: Preachers often say that Noah preached for 120 years. Where in the Bible do we read this time period? |
Bible Answer: I personally believe those that say Noah preached 120 years are wrongly interpreting the passage of Gen. 6:3. Gen. 6:3 is stating that at the particular point in time that the Sons of God came into to the daughters of men and bore children, mighty men of renown that God saw the wickedness of mankind at that point and warned that in 120 years He would destroy the earth by flood to end that wickednss. I personally believe these "sons of God" were the fallen angels referred to in Jude 6 that didn't keep there abode (KJV says "first estate") just as Sodom and Gomorrah vs. 7. That's a very deep subject and probably to deep to get into now. |