3 So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”
Genesis 6:3
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Book of Jubilees 5:7–9
7 And against their sons went forth a command from before His face that they should be smitten with the sword, and be removed from under heaven. (JUB) 8 And He said 'My spirit shall not always abide on man; for they also are flesh and their days shall be one hundred and… (JUB)
Genesis 9:28–29
28 After the flood, Noah lived 350 years. 29 So Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.
Sirach 18:8–10
8 What is mankind, and what purpose do they serve? What is their good, and what is their evil? (WEB) 9 The number of man’s days at the most are a hundred years. (WEB) 10 As a drop of water from the sea, and a pebble from the sand, so are a few years in the day of eternity. (WEB)
Psalms 90:9–11
9 For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh. 10 The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong— yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away. 11 Who knows the power of Your anger? Your…
Genesis 5:4–6
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Genesis 5:26–28
26 And after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters. 27 So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died. 28 When Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son.
Testament of Benjamin 2:32–33
32 And his sons did as he had enjoined them, and they took up his body and buried it in Hebron with his fathers. (T12) 33 And the number of the days of his life was a hundred and twenty-five years. (T12)
Genesis 5:30–32
30 And after he had become the father of Noah, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters. 31 So Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died. 32 After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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