Yahweh said, "My spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; yet will his days be one hundred twenty years."

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century
  1. דון dı̂yn “be down, strive, subdue, judge.” בשׁגם bāshagām “inasmuch, as also.” The rendering “in their e…
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

And the Lord said. — As the Sethites are now the fallen race, it is their covenant Jehovah who determines to reduce the extreme du…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

My Spirit shall not always strive. Although Moses had previously shown that the world had reached such a degree of wickedness and impiety …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And the Lord said
Not to Noah, as in (Genesis 6:13) for, as yet, he is not taken notice of, or any disco…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The most remarkable thing about the old world is its destruction by the deluge, or flood. We are told of the abounding iniquity of that wicked worl…

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