24. THE 120 YEARS OF GENESIS
6:3.
The
Appendixes were written by Dr. E.W. Bullinger.
These
are generally taken as meaning 120 years before the Flood.
But this mistake has been made by not observing that the word for "men"
in Gen. 6:1, 2 is in the singular number with the definite article, as
in v. 3 "man", and means THE
MAN ADAM. The word "also" clearly
refers to him. It has no meaning if "men" be read, in the
plural.
It means, and can mean, only that Adam himself, "also", as
well as the
rest of mankind,. (*1) If "men" be the
meaning, then it may be
well asked, who are the others indicated by the word "also"?
In
Gen. 2:17, the Lord God had declared that Adam should die.
Here, in Gen. 6, it was made more clear that though he had lived 810
years
he should surely die; and that his breath, or spirit of life from God
should
not for ever remain in him. See the notes on Gen. 6.
This
fixes the chronology of v. 3, and shows that long before that time,
A.M. 810, and even before Enoch, this irruption of fallen angels had
taken
place. This was the cause of all the "ungodliness" against
which
the prophecy of Enoch was directed in Jude 14, and which ultimately
brought
on the fulfillment of his prophecy in the Judgment of the
Flood.
See Ap. 23
and 25.
(*1) (bshaggam) because
that also is so pointed in the
Codex Hilleli. This makes it the Inf. Kal. of shagag, to
transgress, go astray, and
means, "because that
in their going astray, he (Adam) also is flesh".
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