“Dodecagenarian”

Thursday, October 27, 2016

The Bible in Genesis 6:3 says that no man will live past 120.  There have been a couple of people that have lived past 120 in recent history.  How can you explain this?

Sincerely,
Full Of Life

Dear Full Of Life,

Gen 6:3 isn’t a statement concerning the maximum age for all people; it was how long God would wait until flooding the earth.  Genesis 6 is the beginning of the account of Noah’s flood.  God said that He would only put up with the wickedness of mankind for another 120 years because all their thoughts and ways were evil (Gen 6:5-7).  During that 120-year period, God tasked Noah with building an ark for the safety of his family and the collection of all the animal kinds (Gen 6:13-21).  That verse is a flood verse, not a proclamation of the age limit for humans.

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