Genesis 6:3

And Hashem said, My Ruach [Hakodesh] shall not always strive with Adam, for that he also is basar: yet his yamim shall be a hundred and twenty shanah.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2That the bnei HaElohim saw the banot HaAdam that they were tovot; and they took them nashim of all which they chose.

4HaNefilim were on ha'aretz in those yamim; and also after that, when the bnei HaElohim came in unto the banot HaAdam, and they bore children to them, the same became gibborim which were of old, men of renown.

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Cross References

Numbers 11:17And I will come down and speak with thee there; and I will take of the Ruach + 11:17 Hakodesh that is upon thee, and will put + 11:17 Him upon them; and they shall bear the massa HaAm (burden of the People) with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.

Psalms 78:39For He remembered that they were but basar; 1 a ruach (wind) that passeth away, and cometh not again. 1

Isaiah 5:4What could have been done more to My kerem (vineyard), 1 that I have not done in it? Why, 1 when I looked that it should bring forth anavim, 1 brought it forth b'ushim? 1

Jeremiah 11:7For I earnestly warned Avoteichem in the day that I brought them up out of Eretz Mitzrayim, even unto this day, rising early and warning, saying, Obey My voice.

John 3:6That which is born of basar is basar, and that which is born of the Ruach is ruach.

Romans 8:1Therefore, now there is no gezar din (verdict) of ashem (guilty), no harsha'ah (condemnation as guilty) for those in Moshiach Yehoshua. + 8:1 cf. Ro 5:18

Matthew Henry on Genesis 6:2-3

Depravity of the World. ( b. c. 2469.) 1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. For the glory of God's justice, and for warning to a wicked world, before the history of the ruin of the old world, we have a full account of its degeneracy, its apostasy from God and rebellion against him. The destroying of it was an act, not of an… Read the whole commentary →

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