In the earlier [[generations of Adam]], the average life span of each of the patriarchs was more than 900 years. Suddenly, in one generation (from [[Noah]] to [[Shem]]), it decreased by one-third. In eight more generations, the life span of man declined by more than seventy-five percent—and it declined further throughout the line of [[Abraham]], this although the [[Hebrews]] generally lived longer than did members of other races.
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In the earlier [[generations of Adam]], the average life span of each of the patriarchs was more than 900 years. Suddenly, in one generation (from [[Noah]] to [[Shem]]), it decreased by one-third. In eight more generations, the life span of man declined by more than seventy-five percent—and it declined further throughout the line of [[Abraham]], this although the [[Hebrews]] generally lived longer than did members of other people groups.