Genesis 6:3
“And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.”
King James Version
God limiting human lifespan and setting a deadline before judgment, fulfilled in the Flood after 120 years.
Fulfillment References
Genesis 7:6 1 Peter 3:20
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
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