1. Hebrew Bible, Exodus, 15.9 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •seeds, serpent, of Found in books: Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 248| 15.9. אָמַר אוֹיֵב אֶרְדֹּף אַשִּׂיג אֲחַלֵּק שָׁלָל תִּמְלָאֵמוֹ נַפְשִׁי אָרִיק חַרְבִּי תּוֹרִישֵׁמוֹ יָדִי׃ | 15.9. The enemy said: ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; My lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.’ |
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2. Hebrew Bible, Genesis, 1.26-1.28, 3.14-3.16, 4.10, 4.25, 15.3, 17.12 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •seeds, serpent, of Found in books: Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 226, 248, 410, 1005| 1.26. וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים נַעֲשֶׂה אָדָם בְּצַלְמֵנוּ כִּדְמוּתֵנוּ וְיִרְדּוּ בִדְגַת הַיָּם וּבְעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וּבַבְּהֵמָה וּבְכָל־הָאָרֶץ וּבְכָל־הָרֶמֶשׂ הָרֹמֵשׂ עַל־הָאָרֶץ׃ 1.27. וַיִּבְרָא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָאָדָם בְּצַלְמוֹ בְּצֶלֶם אֱלֹהִים בָּרָא אֹתוֹ זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה בָּרָא אֹתָם׃ 1.28. וַיְבָרֶךְ אֹתָם אֱלֹהִים וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם אֱלֹהִים פְּרוּ וּרְבוּ וּמִלְאוּ אֶת־הָאָרֶץ וְכִבְשֻׁהָ וּרְדוּ בִּדְגַת הַיָּם וּבְעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וּבְכָל־חַיָּה הָרֹמֶשֶׂת עַל־הָאָרֶץ׃ 3.14. וַיֹּאמֶר יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהִים אֶל־הַנָּחָשׁ כִּי עָשִׂיתָ זֹּאת אָרוּר אַתָּה מִכָּל־הַבְּהֵמָה וּמִכֹּל חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה עַל־גְּחֹנְךָ תֵלֵךְ וְעָפָר תֹּאכַל כָּל־יְמֵי חַיֶּיךָ׃ 3.15. וְאֵיבָה אָשִׁית בֵּינְךָ וּבֵין הָאִשָּׁה וּבֵין זַרְעֲךָ וּבֵין זַרְעָהּ הוּא יְשׁוּפְךָ רֹאשׁ וְאַתָּה תְּשׁוּפֶנּוּ עָקֵב׃ 3.16. אֶל־הָאִשָּׁה אָמַר הַרְבָּה אַרְבֶּה עִצְּבוֹנֵךְ וְהֵרֹנֵךְ בְּעֶצֶב תֵּלְדִי בָנִים וְאֶל־אִישֵׁךְ תְּשׁוּקָתֵךְ וְהוּא יִמְשָׁל־בָּךְ׃ 4.25. וַיֵּדַע אָדָם עוֹד אֶת־אִשְׁתּוֹ וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן וַתִּקְרָא אֶת־שְׁמוֹ שֵׁת כִּי שָׁת־לִי אֱלֹהִים זֶרַע אַחֵר תַּחַת הֶבֶל כִּי הֲרָגוֹ קָיִן׃ 15.3. וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְרָם הֵן לִי לֹא נָתַתָּה זָרַע וְהִנֵּה בֶן־בֵּיתִי יוֹרֵשׁ אֹתִי׃ 17.12. וּבֶן־שְׁמֹנַת יָמִים יִמּוֹל לָכֶם כָּל־זָכָר לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶם יְלִיד בָּיִת וּמִקְנַת־כֶּסֶף מִכֹּל בֶּן־נֵכָר אֲשֶׁר לֹא מִזַּרְעֲךָ הוּא׃ | 1.26. And God said: ‘Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.’ 1.27. And God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them. 1.28. And God blessed them; and God said unto them: ‘Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that creepeth upon the earth.’ 3.14. And the LORD God said unto the serpent: ‘Because thou hast done this, cursed art thou from among all cattle, and from among all beasts of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life. 3.15. And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; they shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise their heel.’ 3.16. Unto the woman He said: ‘I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy travail; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.’ 4.10. And He said: ‘What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto Me from the ground. 4.25. And Adam knew his wife again; and she bore a son, and called his name Seth: ‘for God hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel; for Cain slew him.’ 15.3. And Abram said: ‘Behold, to me Thou hast given no seed, and, lo, one born in my house is to be mine heir.’ 17.12. And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any foreigner, that is not of thy seed. |
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3. Hebrew Bible, Leviticus, 18.21, 21.17 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •seeds, serpent, of Found in books: Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 1005| 18.21. וּמִזַּרְעֲךָ לֹא־תִתֵּן לְהַעֲבִיר לַמֹּלֶךְ וְלֹא תְחַלֵּל אֶת־שֵׁם אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֲנִי יְהוָה׃ 21.17. דַּבֵּר אֶל־אַהֲרֹן לֵאמֹר אִישׁ מִזַּרְעֲךָ לְדֹרֹתָם אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה בוֹ מוּם לֹא יִקְרַב לְהַקְרִיב לֶחֶם אֱלֹהָיו׃ | 18.21. And thou shalt not give any of thy seed to set them apart to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD. 21.17. Speak unto Aaron, saying: Whosoever he be of thy seed throughout their generations that hath a blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God. |
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4. Hebrew Bible, Psalms, 8.5-8.8 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •seeds, serpent, of Found in books: Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 410| 8.5. מָה־אֱנוֹשׁ כִּי־תִזְכְּרֶנּוּ וּבֶן־אָדָם כִּי תִפְקְדֶנּוּ׃ 8.6. וַתְּחַסְּרֵהוּ מְּעַט מֵאֱלֹהִים וְכָבוֹד וְהָדָר תְּעַטְּרֵהוּ׃ 8.7. תַּמְשִׁילֵהוּ בְּמַעֲשֵׂי יָדֶיךָ כֹּל שַׁתָּה תַחַת־רַגְלָיו׃ 8.8. צֹנֶה וַאֲלָפִים כֻּלָּם וְגַם בַּהֲמוֹת שָׂדָי׃ | 8.5. What is man, that Thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that Thou thinkest of him? 8.6. Yet Thou hast made him but little lower than the angels, And hast crowned him with glory and honour. 8.7. Thou hast made him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands; Thou hast put all things under His feet: 8.8. Sheep and oxen, all of them, Yea, and the beasts of the field; |
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5. Hebrew Bible, Ruth, 4.12 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •seeds, serpent, of Found in books: Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 1005| 4.12. וִיהִי בֵיתְךָ כְּבֵית פֶּרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יָלְדָה תָמָר לִיהוּדָה מִן־הַזֶּרַע אֲשֶׁר יִתֵּן יְהוָה לְךָ מִן־הַנַּעֲרָה הַזֹּאת׃ | 4.12. and let thy house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman.’ |
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6. Hebrew Bible, 2 Samuel, 7.12 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •seeds, serpent, of Found in books: Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 1005| 7.12. כִּי יִמְלְאוּ יָמֶיךָ וְשָׁכַבְתָּ אֶת־אֲבֹתֶיךָ וַהֲקִימֹתִי אֶת־זַרְעֲךָ אַחֲרֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר יֵצֵא מִמֵּעֶיךָ וַהֲכִינֹתִי אֶת־מַמְלַכְתּוֹ׃ | 7.12. And when the days are fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, who shall issue from thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. |
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7. Hebrew Bible, Isaiah, 43.4 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •seeds, serpent, of Found in books: Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 410| 43.4. מֵאֲשֶׁר יָקַרְתָּ בְעֵינַי נִכְבַּדְתָּ וַאֲנִי אֲהַבְתִּיךָ וְאֶתֵּן אָדָם תַּחְתֶּיךָ וּלְאֻמִּים תַּחַת נַפְשֶׁךָ׃ | 43.4. Since thou art precious in My sight, and honourable, and I have loved thee; Therefore will I give men for thee, And peoples for thy life. |
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8. Anon., Jubilees, 2.14, 6.8 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •seeds, serpent, of Found in books: Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 410 | 2.14. These four great works God created on the third day. 6.8. The fear of you and the dread of you I shall inspire in everything that is on earth and in the sea. |
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| 9. Anon., Testament of Job, 47.10 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •seeds, serpent, of Found in books: Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 248 |
| 10. Anon., Testament of Isaac, 1.3, 6.32 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •seeds, serpent, of Found in books: Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 248 |
11. Anon., Testament of Dan, 6.3-6.4 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •seeds, serpent, of Found in books: Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 248 | 6.4. For he knoweth that upon the day on which Israel shall repent, the kingdom of the enemy shall be brought to an end. |
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12. Philo of Alexandria, On The Creation of The World, 64-71, 73-88, 72 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 410 | 72. And he would not err who should raise the question why Moses attributed the creation of man alone not to one creator, as he did that of other animals, but to several. For he introduces the Father of the universe using this language: "Let us make man after our image, and in our likeness." Had he then, shall I say, need of any one whatever to help him, He to whom all things are subject? Or, when he was making the heaven and the earth and the sea, was he in need of no one to co-operate with him; and yet was he unable himself by his own power to make man an animal so short-lived and so exposed to the assaults of fate without the assistance of others? It is plain that the real cause of his so acting is known to God alone, but one which to a reasonable conjecture appears probable and credible, I think I should not conceal; and it is this. |
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13. Philo of Alexandria, On The Life of Moses, 2.59-2.65 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •seeds, serpent, of Found in books: Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 410 | 2.59. But in the great deluge I may almost say that the whole of the human race was destroyed, while the history tells us that the house of Noah alone was preserved free from all evil, inasmuch as the father and governor of the house was a man who had never committed any intentional or voluntary wickedness. And it is worth while to relate the manner of his preservation as the sacred scriptures deliver it to us, both on account of the extraordinary character of it, and also that it may lead to an improvement in our own dispositions and lives. 2.60. For he, being considered a fit man, not only to be exempted from the common calamity which was to overwhelm the world, but also to be himself the beginning of a second generation of men, in obedience to the divine commands which were conveyed to him by the word of God, built a most enormous fabric of wood, three hundred cubits in length, and fifty in width, and thirty in height, and having prepared a number of connected chambers within it, both on the ground floor and in the upper story, the whole building consisting of three, and in some parts of four stories, and having prepared food, brought into it some of every description of animals, beasts and also birds, both male and female, in order to preserve a means of propagating the different species in the times that should come hereafter; 2.61. for he knew that the nature of God was merciful, and that even if the subordinate species were destroyed, still there would be a germ in the entire genus which should be safe from destruction, for the sake of preserving a similitude to those animals which had hitherto existed, and of preventing anything that had been deliberately called into existence from being utterly destroyed. 2.62. and after they had all entered into the ark, if any one had beheld the entire collection, he would not have been wrong if he had said that it was a representation of the whole earth, containing, as it did, every kind of animal, of which the whole earth had previously produced innumerable species, and will hereafter produce such again. 2.63. And what was expected happened at no long period after; for the evil abated, and the destruction caused by the deluge was diminished every day, the rain being checked, and the water which had been spread over the whole earth, being partly dried up by the flame of the sun, and partly returning into the chasms and rivers, and other channels and receptacles in the earth; for, as if God had issued a command to that effect, every nature received back, as a necessary repayment of a loan, what it had lent, that is, every sea, and fountain, and river, received back their waters; and every stream returned into its appropriate channel. 2.64. But after the purification, in this way, of all the things beneath the moon, the earth being thus washed and appearing new again, and such as it appeared to be when it was at first created, along with the entire universe, Noah came forth out of his wooden edifice, himself and his wife, and his sons and their wives, and with his family there came forth likewise, in one company, all the races of animals which had gone in with them, in order to the generation and propagation of similar creatures in future. 2.65. These are the rewards and honours for pre-eminent excellence given to good men, by means of which, not only did they themselves and their families obtain safety, having escaped from the greatest dangers which were thus aimed against all men all over the earth, by the change in the character of the elements; but they became also the founders of a new generation, and the chiefs of a second period of the world, being left behind as sparks of the most excellent kind of creatures, namely, of men, man having received the supremacy over all earthly creatures whatsoever, being a kind of copy of the powers of God, a visible image of his invisible nature, a created image of an uncreated and immortal Original.{1}{yonge's translation includes a separate treatise title at this point: On the Life of Moses, That Is to Say, On the Theology and Prophetic office of Moses, Book III. Accordingly, his next paragraph begins with roman numeral I (= XIII in the Loeb |
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| 14. Anon., The Life of Adam And Eve, 7.2, 10.1-12.2, 10.2, 15.1, 24.4, 25.4, 26.4, 28.4, 39.2, 39.3 (1st cent. CE - 5th cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 1005 |
15. New Testament, Luke, 10.19 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •seeds, serpent, of Found in books: Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 248| 10.19. ἰδοὺ δέδωκα ὑμῖν τὴν ἐξουσίαν τοῦ πατεῖν ἐπάνω ὄφεων καὶ σκορπίων, καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν δύναμιν τοῦ ἐχθροῦ, καὶ οὐδὲν ὑμᾶς οὐ μὴ ἀδικήσει. | 10.19. Behold, I give you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will in any way hurt you. |
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16. New Testament, Matthew, 13.39 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •seeds, serpent, of Found in books: Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 248| 13.39. ὁ δὲ ἐχθρὸς ὁ σπείρας αὐτά ἐστιν ὁ διάβολος· ὁ δὲ θερισμὸς συντέλεια αἰῶνός ἐστιν, οἱ δὲ θερισταὶ ἄγγελοί εἰσιν. | 13.39. The enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels. |
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17. Anon., Genesis Rabba, 22.3-22.7 (2nd cent. CE - 5th cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 226| 22.6. וַיִּשַׁע ה' אֶל הֶבֶל וְאֶל מִנְחָתוֹ <>(בראשית ד, ד)<>, נִתְפַּיֵּס מִמֶּנּוּ. <>(בראשית ד, ה)<>: וְאֶל קַיִן וְאֶל מִנְחָתוֹ לֹא שָׁעָה, לֹא נִתְפַּיֵּס מִמֶּנּוּ. <>(בראשית ד, ה)<>: וַיִּחַר לְקַיִן מְאֹד וַיִּפְּלוּ פָנָיו, נַעֲשׂוּ כָּאוּר. <>(בראשית ד, ו)<>: וַיֹּאמֶר ה' אֶל קָיִן לָמָּה חָרָה לָךְ וְלָמָּה נָפְלוּ פָנֶיךָ, <>(בראשית ד, ז)<>: הֲלוֹא אִם תֵּיטִיב שְׂאֵת, בְּרָכָה, כְּמָה דְּאַתְּ אָמַר <>(ויקרא ט, כב)<>: וַיִּשָֹּׂא אַהֲרֹן אֶת יָדָו אֶל הָעָם וַיְבָרְכֵם. וְאִם לֹא תֵיטִיב שְׂאֵת, קְלָלָה, דִּכְתִיב <>(ויקרא כב, טז)<>: וְהִשִֹּׂיאוּ אוֹתָם עֲוֹן אַשְׁמָה. דָּבָר אַחֵר, אִם תֵּיטִיב אֲנִי מוֹחֵל לְךָ עַל עֲוֹנוֹתֶיךָ, וְאִם לָאו חֶטְאוֹ שֶׁל אוֹתוֹ הָאִישׁ גָּדוּשׁ וּמְגֻדָּשׁ, רַבִּי בֶּרֶכְיָה בְּשֵׁם רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בַּר אַמֵּי אָמַר <>(תהלים לב, ט)<>: לְדָוִד מַשְׂכִּיל אַשְׁרֵי נְשׂוּי פֶּשַׁע כְּסוּי חֲטָאָה, אַשְׁרָיו לְאָדָם שֶׁהוּא גָּבוֹהַּ מִפִּשְׁעוֹ וְלֹא פִּשְׁעוֹ גָּבוֹהַּ מִמֶּנּוּ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר <>(בראשית ד, ז)<>: לַפֶּתַח חַטָּאת רֹבֵץ, חַטָּאת רוֹבֶצֶת אֵין כְּתִיב כָּאן, אֶלָּא חַטָּאת רֹבֵץ, בַּתְּחִלָּה הוּא תַּשׁ כִּנְקֵבָה, אַחַר כָּךְ הוּא מִתְגַּבֵּר כְּזָכָר. אָמַר רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא בַּתְּחִלָּה דּוֹמֶה לְחוּט שֶׁל עַכָּבִישׁ, וּלְבַסּוֹף נַעֲשָׂה כַּקֶּלַע הַזּוֹ שֶׁל סְפִינָה, הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב <>(ישעיה ה, יח)<>: הוֹי משְׁכֵי הֶעָוֹן בְּחַבְלֵי הַשָּׁוְא וְכַעֲבוֹת הָעֲגָלָה חַטָּאָה. אָמַר רַבִּי יִצְחָק בַּתְּחִלָּה הוּא נַעֲשָׂה אוֹרֵחַ, וְאַחַר כָּךְ הוּא נַעֲשָׂה בַּעַל הַבַּיִת, הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב <>(שמואל ב יב, ד)<>: וַיַּחְמֹל לָקַחַת מִצֹּאנוֹ וּמִבְּקָרוֹ לַעֲשׂוֹת לָאֹרֵחַ הַבָּא לוֹ, הֲרֵי אוֹרֵחַ, וַיִּקַּח אֶת כִּבְשַׂת הָאִישׁ הָרָאשׁ וַיַּעֲשֶׂהָ לָאִישׁ הַבָּא אֵלָיו, הֲרֵי בַּעַל הַבַּיִת. אָמַר רַבִּי תַּנְחוּם בַּר מֶרְיוֹן אִית כַּלְבִּין בְּרוֹמִי דְּיָדְעִין לְמִשְׁתַּדְּלָא, אָזֵיל וְיָתֵיב קַמֵּי פְּלָטֵירָא, וַעֲבֵיד גַּרְמֵיהּ מִתְנַמְנֵם וּמָרֵי פְּלָטֵירָא מִתְנַמְנֵם, וְהוּא שָׁמוּט עִגּוּלָא אַאַרְעָא עַד דְּהַוְיָא מְצַמֵּית לוֹן הוּא מִשְׂתַּכֵּר עִגּוּלָא וּמְהַלֵּךְ בֵּיהּ. אָמַר רַבִּי אַבָּא הַיֵּצֶר הַזֶּה דּוֹמֶה לְלִסְטִים שָׁפוּף שֶׁהָיָה יוֹשֵׁב בְּפָרָשַׁת דְּרָכִים, כָּל מַאן דְעָבַר הֲוָה אָמַר הַב מַה דְּעַלָּךְ, עָבַר פִּקֵּחַ אֶחָד וְרָאָה שֶׁאֵין בּוֹ תּוֹחֶלֶת לִגְזֹל לוֹ כְּלוּם, הִתְחִיל מְכַתְּתוֹ. כָּךְ כַּמָּה דּוֹרוֹת אִבֵּד יֵצֶר הָרָע, דּוֹר אֱנוֹשׁ, וְדוֹר הַפְלָגָה, וְדוֹר הַמַּבּוּל, כֵּיוָן שֶׁעָמַד אַבְרָהָם אָבִינוּ וְרָאָה שֶׁאֵין בּוֹ תּוֹחֶלֶת, הִתְחִיל מְכַתְּתוֹ, הֲדָא הוּא דִּכְתִיב <>(תהלים פט, כד)<>: וְכַתּוֹתִי מִפָּנָיו צָרָיו וּמְשַׂנְאָיו אֶגּוֹף. אָמַר רַבִּי אָמֵי אֵין יֵצֶר הָרָע מְהַלֵּךְ לִצְדָדִים אֶלָּא בְּאֶמְצַע פְּלַטְיָא, וּבְשָׁעָה שֶׁהוּא רוֹאֶה אָדָם מְמַשְׁמֵשׁ בְּעֵינָיו, מְתַקֵּן בְּשַׂעֲרוֹ, מִתְלָא בַּעֲקֵבוֹ, הוּא אוֹמֵר הָדֵין דִּידִי, מַאי טַעְמֵיהּ <>(משלי כו, יב)<>: רָאִיתָ אִישׁ חָכָם בְּעֵינָיו תִּקְוָה לַכְּסִיל מִמֶּנוּ. אָמַר רַבִּי אָבִין כָּל מִי שֶׁמְפַנֵּק אֶת יִצְרוֹ בְּנַעֲרוּתוֹ, סוֹפוֹ לִהְיוֹת מָנוֹן עָלָיו בְּזִקְנוּתוֹ, מַאי טַעְמָא <>(משלי כט, כא)<>: מְפַנֵּק מִנֹעַר עַבְדּוֹ וְאַחֲרִיתוֹ יִהְיֶה מָנוֹן. רַבִּי חֲנִינָא בַּר פַּפָּא אָמַר אִם בָּא יִצְרְךָ לְהַשְׂחִיקְךָ, דָּחֵהוּ בְּדִבְרֵי תוֹרָה, אִם עָשִׂיתָ כֵּן מַעֲלֶה אֲנִי עָלֶיךָ כְּאִלּוּ בָּרָאתָ אֶת הַשָּׁלוֹם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר <>(ישעיה כו, ג)<>: יֵצֶר סָמוּךְ תִּצֹּר שָׁלוֹם, וְאִם עָשִׂיתָ כֵּן מַעֲלֶה אֲנִי עָלֶיךָ כְּאִלּוּ בָּרָאתָ אֶת הַשָּׁלוֹם, שָׁלוֹם אֵין כְּתִיב כָּאן אֶלָּא שָׁלוֹם שָׁלוֹם. וְאִם תֹּאמַר שֶׁאֵינוֹ בִּרְשׁוּתְךָ, תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר <>(ישעיה כו, ג)<>: כִּי בְךָ בָּטוּחַ, וּכְבָר הִכְתַּבְתִּי לְךָ בַּתּוֹרָה <>(בראשית ד, ז)<>: וְאֵלֶיךָ תְּשׁוּקָתוֹ וְאַתָּה תִּמְשָׁל בּוֹ. רַבִּי סִימוֹן אָמַר אִם בָּא יִצְרְךָ לְהַשְׂחִיקְךָ, שַׂמְּחֵהוּ בְּדִבְרֵי תוֹרָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר <>(ישעיה כו, ג)<>: יֵצֶר סָמוּךְ תִּצֹּר שָׁלוֹם, וְאִם עָשִׂיתָ כֵּן מַעֲלֶה אֲנִי עָלֶיךָ כְּאִלּוּ בָּרָאתָ אֶת שְׁנֵי הָעוֹלָמוֹת. תִּצֹּר שָׁלוֹם אֵין כְּתִיב כָּאן, אֶלָּא שָׁלוֹם שָׁלוֹם. וְאִם תֹּאמַר שֶׁאֵינוֹ בִּרְשׁוּתְךָ כְּבָר הִכְתַּבְתִּי בַּתּוֹרָה <>(בראשית ד, ז)<>: וְאֵלֶיךָ תְּשׁוּקָתוֹ וגו'. 22.6. וַיִּשַׁע ה' אֶל הֶבֶל וְאֶל מִנְחָתוֹ (בראשית ד, ד), נִתְפַּיֵּס מִמֶּנּוּ. (בראשית ד, ה): וְאֶל קַיִן וְאֶל מִנְחָתוֹ לֹא שָׁעָה, לֹא נִתְפַּיֵּס מִמֶּנּוּ. (בראשית ד, ה): וַיִּחַר לְקַיִן מְאֹד וַיִּפְּלוּ פָנָיו, נַעֲשׂוּ כָּאוּר. (בראשית ד, ו): וַיֹּאמֶר ה' אֶל קָיִן לָמָּה חָרָה לָךְ וְלָמָּה נָפְלוּ פָנֶיךָ, (בראשית ד, ז): הֲלוֹא אִם תֵּיטִיב שְׂאֵת, בְּרָכָה, כְּמָה דְּאַתְּ אָמַר (ויקרא ט, כב): וַיִּשָֹּׂא אַהֲרֹן אֶת יָדָו אֶל הָעָם וַיְבָרְכֵם. וְאִם לֹא תֵיטִיב שְׂאֵת, קְלָלָה, דִּכְתִיב (ויקרא כב, טז): וְהִשִֹּׂיאוּ אוֹתָם עֲוֹן אַשְׁמָה. דָּבָר אַחֵר, אִם תֵּיטִיב אֲנִי מוֹחֵל לְךָ עַל עֲוֹנוֹתֶיךָ, וְאִם לָאו חֶטְאוֹ שֶׁל אוֹתוֹ הָאִישׁ גָּדוּשׁ וּמְגֻדָּשׁ, רַבִּי בֶּרֶכְיָה בְּשֵׁם רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בַּר אַמֵּי אָמַר (תהלים לב, ט): לְדָוִד מַשְׂכִּיל אַשְׁרֵי נְשׂוּי פֶּשַׁע כְּסוּי חֲטָאָה, אַשְׁרָיו לְאָדָם שֶׁהוּא גָּבוֹהַּ מִפִּשְׁעוֹ וְלֹא פִּשְׁעוֹ גָּבוֹהַּ מִמֶּנּוּ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (בראשית ד, ז): לַפֶּתַח חַטָּאת רֹבֵץ, חַטָּאת רוֹבֶצֶת אֵין כְּתִיב כָּאן, אֶלָּא חַטָּאת רֹבֵץ, בַּתְּחִלָּה הוּא תַּשׁ כִּנְקֵבָה, אַחַר כָּךְ הוּא מִתְגַּבֵּר כְּזָכָר. אָמַר רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא בַּתְּחִלָּה דּוֹמֶה לְחוּט שֶׁל עַכָּבִישׁ, וּלְבַסּוֹף נַעֲשָׂה כַּקֶּלַע הַזּוֹ שֶׁל סְפִינָה, הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב (ישעיה ה, יח): הוֹי משְׁכֵי הֶעָוֹן בְּחַבְלֵי הַשָּׁוְא וְכַעֲבוֹת הָעֲגָלָה חַטָּאָה. אָמַר רַבִּי יִצְחָק בַּתְּחִלָּה הוּא נַעֲשָׂה אוֹרֵחַ, וְאַחַר כָּךְ הוּא נַעֲשָׂה בַּעַל הַבַּיִת, הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב (שמואל ב יב, ד): וַיַּחְמֹל לָקַחַת מִצֹּאנוֹ וּמִבְּקָרוֹ לַעֲשׂוֹת לָאֹרֵחַ הַבָּא לוֹ, הֲרֵי אוֹרֵחַ, וַיִּקַּח אֶת כִּבְשַׂת הָאִישׁ הָרָאשׁ וַיַּעֲשֶׂהָ לָאִישׁ הַבָּא אֵלָיו, הֲרֵי בַּעַל הַבַּיִת. אָמַר רַבִּי תַּנְחוּם בַּר מֶרְיוֹן אִית כַּלְבִּין בְּרוֹמִי דְּיָדְעִין לְמִשְׁתַּדְּלָא, אָזֵיל וְיָתֵיב קַמֵּי פְּלָטֵירָא, וַעֲבֵיד גַּרְמֵיהּ מִתְנַמְנֵם וּמָרֵי פְּלָטֵירָא מִתְנַמְנֵם, וְהוּא שָׁמוּט עִגּוּלָא אַאַרְעָא עַד דְּהַוְיָא מְצַמֵּית לוֹן הוּא מִשְׂתַּכֵּר עִגּוּלָא וּמְהַלֵּךְ בֵּיהּ. אָמַר רַבִּי אַבָּא הַיֵּצֶר הַזֶּה דּוֹמֶה לְלִסְטִים שָׁפוּף שֶׁהָיָה יוֹשֵׁב בְּפָרָשַׁת דְּרָכִים, כָּל מַאן דְעָבַר הֲוָה אָמַר הַב מַה דְּעַלָּךְ, עָבַר פִּקֵּחַ אֶחָד וְרָאָה שֶׁאֵין בּוֹ תּוֹחֶלֶת לִגְזֹל לוֹ כְּלוּם, הִתְחִיל מְכַתְּתוֹ. כָּךְ כַּמָּה דּוֹרוֹת אִבֵּד יֵצֶר הָרָע, דּוֹר אֱנוֹשׁ, וְדוֹר הַפְלָגָה, וְדוֹר הַמַּבּוּל, כֵּיוָן שֶׁעָמַד אַבְרָהָם אָבִינוּ וְרָאָה שֶׁאֵין בּוֹ תּוֹחֶלֶת, הִתְחִיל מְכַתְּתוֹ, הֲדָא הוּא דִּכְתִיב (תהלים פט, כד): וְכַתּוֹתִי מִפָּנָיו צָרָיו וּמְשַׂנְאָיו אֶגּוֹף. אָמַר רַבִּי אָמֵי אֵין יֵצֶר הָרָע מְהַלֵּךְ לִצְדָדִים אֶלָּא בְּאֶמְצַע פְּלַטְיָא, וּבְשָׁעָה שֶׁהוּא רוֹאֶה אָדָם מְמַשְׁמֵשׁ בְּעֵינָיו, מְתַקֵּן בְּשַׂעֲרוֹ, מִתְלָא בַּעֲקֵבוֹ, הוּא אוֹמֵר הָדֵין דִּידִי, מַאי טַעְמֵיהּ (משלי כו, יב): רָאִיתָ אִישׁ חָכָם בְּעֵינָיו תִּקְוָה לַכְּסִיל מִמֶּנוּ. אָמַר רַבִּי אָבִין כָּל מִי שֶׁמְפַנֵּק אֶת יִצְרוֹ בְּנַעֲרוּתוֹ, סוֹפוֹ לִהְיוֹת מָנוֹן עָלָיו בְּזִקְנוּתוֹ, מַאי טַעְמָא (משלי כט, כא): מְפַנֵּק מִנֹעַר עַבְדּוֹ וְאַחֲרִיתוֹ יִהְיֶה מָנוֹן. רַבִּי חֲנִינָא בַּר פַּפָּא אָמַר אִם בָּא יִצְרְךָ לְהַשְׂחִיקְךָ, דָּחֵהוּ בְּדִבְרֵי תוֹרָה, אִם עָשִׂיתָ כֵּן מַעֲלֶה אֲנִי עָלֶיךָ כְּאִלּוּ בָּרָאתָ אֶת הַשָּׁלוֹם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ישעיה כו, ג): יֵצֶר סָמוּךְ תִּצֹּר שָׁלוֹם, וְאִם עָשִׂיתָ כֵּן מַעֲלֶה אֲנִי עָלֶיךָ כְּאִלּוּ בָּרָאתָ אֶת הַשָּׁלוֹם, שָׁלוֹם אֵין כְּתִיב כָּאן אֶלָּא שָׁלוֹם שָׁלוֹם. וְאִם תֹּאמַר שֶׁאֵינוֹ בִּרְשׁוּתְךָ, תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר (ישעיה כו, ג): כִּי בְךָ בָּטוּחַ, וּכְבָר הִכְתַּבְתִּי לְךָ בַּתּוֹרָה (בראשית ד, ז): וְאֵלֶיךָ תְּשׁוּקָתוֹ וְאַתָּה תִּמְשָׁל בּוֹ. רַבִּי סִימוֹן אָמַר אִם בָּא יִצְרְךָ לְהַשְׂחִיקְךָ, שַׂמְּחֵהוּ בְּדִבְרֵי תוֹרָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ישעיה כו, ג): יֵצֶר סָמוּךְ תִּצֹּר שָׁלוֹם, וְאִם עָשִׂיתָ כֵּן מַעֲלֶה אֲנִי עָלֶיךָ כְּאִלּוּ בָּרָאתָ אֶת שְׁנֵי הָעוֹלָמוֹת. תִּצֹּר שָׁלוֹם אֵין כְּתִיב כָּאן, אֶלָּא שָׁלוֹם שָׁלוֹם. וְאִם תֹּאמַר שֶׁאֵינוֹ בִּרְשׁוּתְךָ כְּבָר הִכְתַּבְתִּי בַּתּוֹרָה (בראשית ד, ז): וְאֵלֶיךָ תְּשׁוּקָתוֹ וגו'. | 22.6. "'And Ad-nai paid heed to Hevel and his offering' (Gen. 4:4) - He was pacified because of him. 'And to Kayin and his offering He did not pay heed' - He was not pacified because of him. 'And Kayin was very angry, and his face fell' (Gen. 4:5) - his face became dark/repulsive/like fire. 'And Ad-nai said to Kayin: why are you so angry, and why is your face fallen? (Gen. 4:7) is it not that, when you do good, you rise up [se'et] ? [this is] blessing, just as you say 'and Aharon lift [vayisa'] up his hands to the people and blessed them' (Lev. 9:22). 'And if you don't do good, lift' [this is] curse, as it is written 'and cause them to carry [lift on shoulders] the iniquity of guilt' (Lev. 22:16). Another interpretation: if you do goof I forgive all your sins, and if not, the sin of that same man is heaped to excess. Rabbi Berachia in the name of Rabbi Shime'on the son of Ami said: of David, a maskil, happy is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is pardoned.' (Ps. 22:1) - Happy is the person who is higher/greater from his sin, and whose sin is not higher/greater than him,as it says 'sin crouches at the door'. It is not written here 'she crouches' [chatat is feminine] but 'he crouches' - in the beginning the sin is weak like a lady, and after it strengthens as a male. Said rabbi Akiva: in the beginning it looks like a thread of a spider, and at the end it becomes like the rope of a boat, since it is written: 'Oy to those who draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and as the ropes of a cart, sin' (Isaiah 5:18). Said Rabbi Itzchak: at first it makes itself a guest, and later becomes the master of the house, since it is written: '[And there came a traveler to the rich man] and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man' - here is the guest - 'that had come to him, but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that had come to him. '(II Sam. 12:4) - this is the master of the house. Rabbi Tanchum bar Merion said: there are dogs in Rome that know how to insinuate themselves, [the dog] goes and sits in front of a shop, and he pretends to take a nap, and the shopkeeper takes a nap, and the dog lets a bread roll fall near the ground, and and as onlookers are collecting [the scattered pile] the dog gets a bread roll for himself. Said Rabbi Aba: this impulse is similar to robbers, [such as] a person bent over, who was sitting at crossroads who would say to to everyone who passed 'give me what you have!' A smart one passed and saw that there was nothing he could do to rob him, and began to hit him. So too, the impulse for evil [yetzer hara] destroyed a few generations, the generation of Enosh, and the generation of the tower [dor haplagah] and the generation of the flood, when Avraham Avinu stood up and saw that [the yetzer hara] had nothing, began hitting him, since it is written 'And I will beat to pieces his adversaries before him, and smite them that hate him.' (Ps. 89:24). Said Rabbi Ami: The yetzer hara does not walk by the sides, rather, he walks by the middle of the square, and the moment he sees a man rolling his eyes, fixing his hair, and lifting his heel, he says: 'this one is mine!' What is the reason? 'Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? Sin has hope in him' (Prov. 26:12). Said Rabbi Avin: whoever indulges his yetzer [impulse to evil] in his youth, his end will be to be to managed by him. Rabbi Chanina bar Papa said: if your yetzer came to tempt you [lit. to make you desire] send him away with words of Torah, if you do so I rise you up as if you created peace itself, as it says: 'The yetzer near you, go out in battle of perfect peace [shalom shalom]' (Isaiah 26:3) if you do so I rise you up as if you created peace itself since not only peace is written here, but peace, peace. And if you say that it is not in your power to do so, the text says: 'because in you/You He/he trusts' (Isaiah 26:3). And I already told [lit. honored] you through Torah, 'Its urge is toward you, yet you can be its master.' (Gen. 4:7)", |
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| 18. Anon., Pirqei De Rabbi Eliezer, 21 (4th cent. CE - 9th cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •seeds, serpent, of Found in books: Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 226 |
| 19. Anon., Apocalypse of Abraham, 24.4-24.5 Tagged with subjects: •seeds, serpent, of Found in books: Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 248 |
