Those 120 years allowed faithful Noah time to produce a family and ​ — when informed of God’s decree — ​ to build an ark and warn his contemporaries of the coming Flood.
इस्राएलप्रती तर यहोवाने १२० वर्षांपेक्षा कितीतरी अधिक काळापर्यंत सहनशीलता दाखवली.