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‘After the flood Noah lived three hundred and fifty years.’

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When men began to increase on the earth

daughters were born to them…

The Sons of God saw that the Daughters of Man were fair

and they made wives of those they chose.

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So, the Sons of God lived with the Daughters of Man,

who bore them offspring,

and the Nephilim, or giants, appeared on earth…

These were the Heroes of old, and later also,

Mighty Men of renown.

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The Lord said, “My Spirit will not always endure

in man for he is flesh, let his days be numbered

one hundred and twenty years.”

Gen. 6:4