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Seventh Reading: B'RE'SHIT (Genesis 5:25 - 6:8)

Noah Born, Sons of Noah, Nefilim, Life of Man Limited to 120 Years, Wickedness of Man, Decree Against Humanity.

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GE 5:25  And Methuselah lived a hundred and eighty seven years, and fathered Lamech; GE 5:25  And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
GE 5:26  And Methuselah lived after he fathered Lamech seven hundred and eighty two years, and fathered sons and daughters; GE 5:26  And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:
GE 5:27  And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty nine years; and he died. GE 5:27  And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
GE 5:28  And Lamech lived a hundred and eighty two years, and fathered a son; GE 5:28  And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
GE 5:29  And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord has cursed. GE 5:29  And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
GE 5:30  And Lamech lived after he fathered Noah five hundred and ninety five years, and fathered sons and daughters; GE 5:30  And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:
GE 5:31  And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy seven years; and he died. GE 5:31  And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
GE 6:1  And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them, GE 6:1  And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
GE 6:2  That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were pretty; and they took as wives all those whom they chose. GE 6:2  That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
GE 6:3  And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for he also is flesh; yet his days shall be a hundred and twenty years. GE 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.
GE 6:4  There were Nefilim in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them, the same became mighty men of old, men of renown. GE 6:4  There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
GE 6:5  And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. GE 6:5  And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
GE 6:6  And the Lord repented that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. GE 6:6  And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
GE 6:7  And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the birds of the air; for I repent that I have made them. GE 6:7  And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
GE 6:8  And Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. GE 6:8  But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

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