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Gods belofte aan Noach

Het aantal mensen op aarde groeide gestadig. In die tijd lieten zonen van God hun oog vallen op dochters van mensen. Onder de indruk van hun schoonheid, namen zij hen tot vrouw. Toen zei de Here: ‘Ik kan mijn Geest niet voor altijd in de mens laten wonen, nu hij zich zo heeft misdragen. Hij zal voortaan niet ouder worden dan honderdtwintig jaar.’

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And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

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.

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Wickedness in the World

When human beings began to increase in number on the earth(A) and daughters were born to them, the sons of God(B) saw that the daughters(C) of humans were beautiful,(D) and they married(E) any of them they chose. Then the Lord said, “My Spirit(F) will not contend with[a] humans forever,(G) for they are mortal[b];(H) their days will be a hundred and twenty years.”

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Footnotes

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