Why the Human Lifespan Ends at 122

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The Bible says this: Genesis 6:3
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."

scientists think it's a fixed genetic trait

http://gizmodo.com/why-the-human-lifesp ... 1787412178
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Interesting. I can say that I wasn't familiar with the verse that you mentioned. Interesting commentary of Genesis 6:3 below.

https://www.neverthirsty.org/bible-qa/q ... -63-refer/
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I'm curious as to how that applied to the extremely long lifespans of the original humans. Like Adam lived to be around 900, Noah lived to around 400, etc.
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I always thought it took effect after the flood
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