Genesis 6:3-5

Contemporary English Version

³Then 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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Footnotes

6.3 I won't … forever: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
6.3 No one … years: Or “In fact, they will all be destroyed in about 100 years” (that is, at the time of the flood).