When human beings began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them, the sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose. Then the Lord said, “My Spirit will not contend with humans forever, for they are mortal; their days will be a hundred and twenty years.”
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.
The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time. The Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. So the Lord said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.” (NIV)
At what point of the “hundred and twenty years” are we at?
I suppose the “hundred and twenty years” refers to the maximum lifespan of a human being. It is accurate. The oldest human of verified age was Jeanne Calment. She was born 21 February 1875 and died 4 August 1997 aged 122 years, 164 days.
Genesis 6 continues, “But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord. …”
Wern’t the Nephilim of giant stature?
Who were they?
Nephilim