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Genesis 6

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22 verses in KJV · 299 outgoing cross-reference links

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Opening verses of Genesis 6 (KJV)

6:1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

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.

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.

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Historical / attribution context

Traditional writer attribution: Moses

Approximate study chronology: c. 2468 BC to c. 2448 BC

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