Noach 6 -13
ויאמר אלוהים לנוח, קץ כל-בשר בא לפני And God said to Noach the end of all flesh has come before me
Notice that this verse does not say, "I have decided to put an end to all flesh." Rather it indicates that the flesh itself, the very matter of which all living things were made, had come before God demanding that he end the experiment of Mankind.
Noach 6-14
עשה לך תיבת עצי-גופר, קינים תעשה את-התיבה; וכפרת אותה מבית ומחוץ, בכופר
Make for yourself an ark of "Gopher" wood; create chambers within the ark, and you should cover it inside and out with pitch
In order for Noach and his family to be saved they had to hide themselves and limit their presence so that they did not look at the judgement being meted out and be destroyed (as happened to the wife of Lot. CL)
The word for chambers is קינים (Kinim) rather than the more common חדרים (rooms). The root קנ indicates a nest. They were only protected as they sat under the wings of God like baby birds being protected in a nest.
The word for pitch, כופר, has echoes of the word כפרה, atonement. The ark was covered in this material inside and out to remind those in the ark that they too were deserving of destruction and had only been saved because of God's mercy. Their demeanor within the ark should reflect the humilty and contrition worthy of such circumstances.
Noach 6-17
המבול מים על-הארץ The Mabul, water upon the earth
The word Mabul (flood) is phonetically similar to בלבול, confusion. The people had completely mixed up the normal order of the world due to their behavior and were now having their world turned upside down in consequence.
כול אשר-בארץ, יגווע All that is upon the earth shall die
This excludes the fish which live in water and not on dry land. As they did not relate to the humans upon the earth they were not corrupted along with them. Being associated with others can have very good or very bad results, but the fish were unaffected as mankind had not yet learned to travel the seas. Noach built the first ark to travel across the waters and it was from him that people learned to build boats. Even from the punishments of Hashem there come out good results.
Noach 6-20
שניים מכול יבואו אליך, להחיות Two of each will come to you to live
ויאמר אלוהים לנוח, קץ כל-בשר בא לפני And God said to Noach the end of all flesh has come before me
Notice that this verse does not say, "I have decided to put an end to all flesh." Rather it indicates that the flesh itself, the very matter of which all living things were made, had come before God demanding that he end the experiment of Mankind.
עשה לך תיבת עצי-גופר, קינים תעשה את-התיבה; וכפרת אותה מבית ומחוץ, בכופר
Make for yourself an ark of "Gopher" wood; create chambers within the ark, and you should cover it inside and out with pitch
In order for Noach and his family to be saved they had to hide themselves and limit their presence so that they did not look at the judgement being meted out and be destroyed (as happened to the wife of Lot. CL)
The word for chambers is קינים (Kinim) rather than the more common חדרים (rooms). The root קנ indicates a nest. They were only protected as they sat under the wings of God like baby birds being protected in a nest.
The word for pitch, כופר, has echoes of the word כפרה, atonement. The ark was covered in this material inside and out to remind those in the ark that they too were deserving of destruction and had only been saved because of God's mercy. Their demeanor within the ark should reflect the humilty and contrition worthy of such circumstances.
Noach 6-17
המבול מים על-הארץ The Mabul, water upon the earth
The word Mabul (flood) is phonetically similar to בלבול, confusion. The people had completely mixed up the normal order of the world due to their behavior and were now having their world turned upside down in consequence.
כול אשר-בארץ, יגווע All that is upon the earth shall die
This excludes the fish which live in water and not on dry land. As they did not relate to the humans upon the earth they were not corrupted along with them. Being associated with others can have very good or very bad results, but the fish were unaffected as mankind had not yet learned to travel the seas. Noach built the first ark to travel across the waters and it was from him that people learned to build boats. Even from the punishments of Hashem there come out good results.
Noach 6-20
שניים מכול יבואו אליך, להחיות Two of each will come to you to live
Ensure that there are male and female of each species so that they will not become extinct as God did not wish to create new species. (Pirkei D'Rebbi Eliezer says that there were 365 species of animals on the ark. RADA"L in his commentary explains that God had originally created 365 species which had then evolved into many different animals. At the time of the flood only that core group were rescued and they subsequently evolved into many species again. CL)
Noach 6-22
ויעש, נוח: ככול אשר ציווה אותו, אלוהים--כן עשה. And Noach did as everything God commanded him, so he did
The word כן (so) has the identical Gematira (numerical value) as סוד, secret (they both equal 70). This is to indicate that Noach understood the depth of God's reasoning and how he was therefore meant to comport himself during his time on the ark.
(Interestingly, the Sages teaches us that יין, wine, also shares the same Gematria, which is why נכנס יין יצא סוד, that when wine enters, out comes the secrets, Perhaps this sheds some light on why Noach followed up his time on the ark by drinking wine. CL)
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