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Then the LORDsaid, "1My Spirit shall not strive with manforever, 2because he also is flesh; nevertheless his days shall be one hundred and twentyyears."
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Now it came about, when men began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them,
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that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose.
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Then the LORD said, "My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; nevertheless his days shall be one hundred and twenty years."
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The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward , when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
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Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually .