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Genesis 6:3-5
Contemporary English Version
Genesis 6:3-5
Contemporary English Version
3 Then the Lord said, “I won't let my life-giving breath remain in anyone forever.[a] No one will live for more than 120 years.”[b]
4 (A)(B) The children of the supernatural beings who had married these women became famous heroes and warriors. They were called Nephilim and lived on the earth at that time and even later.
5 (C) The Lord saw how bad the people on earth were and that everything they thought and planned was evil.
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Genesis 6:3-5
New International Version
Genesis 6:3-5
New International Version
3 Then the Lord said, “My Spirit(A) will not contend with[a] humans forever,(B) for they are mortal[b];(C) their days will be a hundred and twenty years.”
4 The Nephilim(D) were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans(E) and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.(F)
5 The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth,(G) and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.(H)
Footnotes
- Genesis 6:3 Or My spirit will not remain in
- Genesis 6:3 Or corrupt
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