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and another thought . . .

By mitchell b powell | Published: 2238, 4th February, 2010
In the last post, I commented on one reason I don’t see Genesis 6:3 as God setting any sort of boundary on human lifespans.  Here’s another reason:  in the only other biblical passage I know of that gives a figure for the human lifespan, the figure 120 found in Genesis 6:3 is not mentioned.  The [...]
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did God reduce lifespans to 120?

By mitchell b powell | Published: 2226, 4th February, 2010
Again, some thought-swapping with Jeff, this time over at Joel Watt’s blog, has led me to post about Genesis. Genesis 6:3 says, “And Jehovah said, My spirit will not always strive with Man, for that he also is flesh;  yet his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.”  Or, if we translate it according [...]
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