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42:
(12*3.5)=42
1260 days, 42 months or 3.5 years.
1260=3.5*360

It is the period that God allows the beast to operate.
Two female bears kill forty two children after they ridiculed the prophet of God. 2 Kings 2: 24.
Israel camped 42 times in the wilderness during the 40 year exodus, when the cloud moved.
The goat's hair and linen curtains covering the sanctuary have a length of 42 and 40 cubits.
Jesus was forty two generations from Abraham. (Matthew 1). He was also seventy seven generations from Adam. (Luke 3)