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.”

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  1. Genesis 6:3 Or My spirit will not remain in
  2. Genesis 6:3 Or corrupt

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]a hundred and twenty years.”

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  1. Genesis 6:3 This may refer to the time given man to repent before the flood, or to the normative human life span after the flood.