Genesis 6:3 KJV — MannaFest

Genesis 6:3

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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ASV

And Jehovah said, My Spirit shall not strive with man for ever, for that he also is flesh: yet shall his days be a hundred and twenty years.

WEB

So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”

YLT

And Jehovah saith, `My Spirit doth not strive in man--to the age; in their erring they are flesh:' and his days have been an hundred and twenty years.

DBT

And Jehovah said, My Spirit shall not always plead with Man; for he indeed is flesh; but his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.

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Genesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.

Author: Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
Date: Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)

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27 verses on the floor

Nehemiah 9:30
Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.
Isaiah 63:10
But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
1 Peter 3:18–20
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
Jeremiah 11:11
Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.
Psalms 78:39
For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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flesh--utterly, hopelessly debased. And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive--Christ, as God, had by His Spirit inspiring Enoch, Noah, and perhaps other prophets (1Pe 3:20;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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H177724× in canon H1320270× in canon H6242315× in canon H7307378× in canon

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

GEN 6:3ISA 63:10 ACT 7:51
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
GEN 6:3ISA 63:10 EPH 4:30
GEN 6:3ISA 63:10 PSA 78:56
GEN 6:3ISA 63:10 PSA 78:40
GEN 6:3JER 11:11 PRO 1:28
GEN 6:3JER 11:11 EZE 8:18
GEN 6:3PSA 78:39 JAS 4:14
GEN 6:3JER 11:11 ISA 1:15

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