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What is the allotted life span promised by God to man?

Answered by . June 5, 2011 - 7:41 pm

The Bible does not clearly specify an allotted life span. There are two Bible passages that are sometimes quoted in connection with human lifespans. Genesis 6:3 “My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years.” Here God is commenting on the future of the human race. […]

Were people really 800 years old by our calendar?

Answered by . July 3, 2010 - 2:36 pm

Before the flood people lived longer. Adam died at age 930 years (Gen 5:5), Noah at 950 years (Gen 9:29) and Methuselah (Noah’s grandfather) was the oldest of them all, dying when he was 969 years old (Gen 5:27). There is no reason to think that these “years” were any different from our years. After the […]