Their days will be 120 YEARS

[TonyChanYT]

Genesis 6:

3 Then the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with humans forever, for they are mortal; their days will be a hundred and twenty years.”

The "they" here refers to those who were alive at the time. They would live a further maximum of 120 years except for Noah's family. The 120 years was a prediction for the coming deluge. It was not to set a maximum limit to the life expectancy of future people.

After the flood, Gen 11:

10b Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father d of Arphaxad. 11 And after he became the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.

Many years later, Genesis 25:

7 Abraham lived a hundred and seventy-five years. 8 Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man and full of years; and he was gathered to his people.

In modern times, Jeanne Louise Calment died on 4 August 1997, having lived 122 years and 164 days.

 

[Randy Kluth]

Genesis 6:


The "they" here refers to those who were alive at the time. They would live a further maximum of 120 years except for Noah's family. The 120 years was a prediction for the coming deluge. It was not to set a maximum limit to the life expectancy of future people.

Right. Apparently, there is some discrepancy between 100 years and 120 years before the Flood. But the problem is easily dealt with by retrofitting the period of time a little earlier than is sometimes thought.