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They said to him: If so we will not clear a path through vineyards, i.e., we will continue to sin.
Rava taught: What is the meaning of that which is written: “A contemptible torch [lapid] in the thought of him that is at ease, a thing ready for them whose foot slips” (Job 12:5)? This teaches that Noah the righteous would rebuke the people of his generation, and he said to them statements that are
Noah said to them: If He wishes He will bring the water from between your feet and you can do nothing to prevent it, as it is stated: “For them whose foot slips.” It is taught in a baraita: The waters of the Flood were as hard and thick as semen, as it is stated: “For them whose foot slips”; foot
With regard to the verse: “And it came to pass that after 7 days the waters of the Flood were upon the earth” (Genesis 7:10), the Talmud asks: What is the nature of these 7 additional days?
Rav says: These were the days of mourning for the death of Methuselah; and this is to teach you that eulogies for the righteous prevent calamities from ensuing. Alternatively, “after 7 days” means that God altered the order of Creation for that generation, i.e., in 7 days He reversed the process of