— [from Gen. Rabbah 18:4]. Another explanation: He took his dust from the place of which it is said (. — [Gen. Rabbah 16:5]. “And He created man.” This is a general statement. 18a], So that he should not see the piece of flesh from which she was created, lest she be repulsive to him. 15 And He hallowed it with manna, that it did not descend at all on the Sabbath. וַיַּצְמַ֞ח יְהֹוָ֤ה אֱלֹהִים֙ מִן־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה כָּל־עֵ֛ץ נֶחְמָ֥ד לְמַרְאֶ֖ה וְט֣וֹב לְמַֽאֲכָ֑ל וְעֵ֤ץ הַֽחַיִּים֙ בְּת֣וֹךְ הַגָּ֔ן וְעֵ֕ץ הַדַּ֖עַת ט֥וֹב וָרָֽע: Scripture speaks about the Garden. — [from Chul. 12 8 וַיַּפֵּל֩ יְהֹוָ֨ה אֱלֹהִ֧ים | תַּרְדֵּמָ֛ה עַל־הָֽאָדָ֖ם וַיִּישָׁ֑ן וַיִּקַּ֗ח אַחַת֙ מִצַּלְעֹתָ֔יו וַיִּסְגֹּ֥ר בָּשָׂ֖ר תַּחְתֶּֽנָּה: And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall: [Gen. Rabbah 17:4] When He brought them [the animals], He brought before him of every species, male and female. The most important of all [the rivers] (Gen. Rabbah 16:3), [because it is] mentioned in conjunction with the Land of Israel (Shev. — [from Ber. לשון נופל על לשון, מכאן שנברא העולם בלשון הקדש: Therefore, a man shall leave his father and his mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. Read verse in The Complete Jewish Bible 28 רמז שירדו הרשעים למטה לראות שחת כה"א זאת שסתומה מכל צדדים ופתוחה למטה לרדת דרך שם: Now no tree of the field was yet on the earth, neither did any herb of the field yet grow, because the Lord God had not brought rain upon the earth, and there was no man to work the soil. 16 The tree of knowledge only forbidden. — [from Gen. Rabbah 12:8]. to a woman, to become a woman, like (Jud. 39 3 ואף זה תפרש עדיין לא היה בארץ כשנגמרה בריאת העולם בששי קודם שנברא אדם: neither did any herb of the field yet grow: [I.e.,] had not yet grown. ובדברי אגדה יצירה זו לשון רידוי וכבוש, כמו (דברים כ יט) כי תצור אל עיר, שכבשן תחת ידו של אדם: and whatever the man called each living thing. And the Lord God formed from the earth every beast of the field and every fowl of the heavens, and He brought [it] to man to see what he would call it, and whatever the man called each living thing, that was its name. 35 On the second day, He created the firmament for the heavenly beings; on the third day [He commanded], “and let the dry land appear,” for the earthly beings; on the fourth day, He created luminaries for the heavenly beings; on the fifth day, [He commanded],“Let the waters swarm,” for the earthly beings; on the sixth day, it became necessary to create for both the heavenly and the earthly beings, for if not, there would be jealousy in the Creation, for these would exceed those by the creation of one day. 33 55b, Keth. Many Jews and Christians have come to understand that the “breath of life” is akin to imbuing Adam (and by reference, each human) with a soul. — [from Gen. Rabbah 13:1], i.e., in the middle of the Garden. Now the heavens and the earth were completed and all their host. שלא היו יודעים דרך צניעות להבחין בין טוב לרע, ואף על פי שנתנה בו דעה לקרות שמות, לא נתן בו יצר הרע עד אכלו מן העץ ונכנס בו יצר הרע וידע מה בין טוב לרע: Kabbalah, Chassidism and Jewish Mysticism. Another explanation: What was the world lacking? Genesis 2:5 Or land; also in verse 6; Genesis 2:6 Or mist; Genesis 2:7 The Hebrew for man (adam) sounds like and may be related to the Hebrew for ground (adamah); it is also the name Adam (see verse 20). 6 but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. — [from Yev. 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh. שלא יאמרו שתי רשויות הן הקב"ה יחיד בעליונים ואין לו זוג, וזה יחיד בתחתונים ואין לו זוג: If he is worthy, she will be a helpmate. 21: 28):“If an [ox] gore (יִגַח),” for he gores and goes along and roars. דבר אחר בהבראם, בה' בראם שנאמר (ישעיה כו ד) ביה ה' צור עולמים בשני אותיות הללו של השם יצר שני עולמים, ולמדך כאן שהעולם הזה נברא בה"א (רמז כמו שה"א פתוחה למטה, כך העולם פתוח לשבים בתשובה. 36 אֱלֹהִים [means] that He is the Ruler and Judge over the entire world, and so is this defined everywhere according to its simple meaning: the Lord (יהוה ), Who is Ruler and Judge (אֱלֹהִים). רבי שמעון אומר בשר ודם שאינו יודע עתיו ורגעיו צריך להוסיף מחול על הקודש, הקב"ה שיודע עתיו ורגעיו נכנס בו כחוט השערה ונראה כאלו כלה בו ביום. Genesis Chapter 2 1And the heaven and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 23 And the man said: 'This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.' Because on the first day, heaven and earth were created. The Hebrew Bible employs different names and titles for Yahweh that make use of conceptual imagery to communicate a variety of character traits and … 44 — [from Tan. — [from Keth. 34 שתי יצירות, יצירה לעולם הזה ויצירה לתחיית המתים, אבל בבהמה שאינה עומדת לדין לא נכתב ביצירה שני יודי"ן: He gathered dust from the entire earth, from the four directions, so that wherever he [man] would die, it [the earth] would accept him for burial (Tan. וְשֵֽׁם־הַנָּהָ֤ר הַשְּׁלִישִׁי֙ חִדֶּ֔קֶל ה֥וּא הַֽהֹלֵ֖ךְ קִדְמַ֣ת אַשּׁ֑וּר וְהַנָּהָ֥ר הָֽרְבִיעִ֖י ה֥וּא פְרָֽת: Heb. וַיְכַ֤ל אֱלֹהִים֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י מְלַאכְתּ֖וֹ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה וַיִּשְׁבֹּת֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י מִכָּל־מְלַאכְתּ֖וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָֽׂה: Rabbi Shimon said: [A human being of] flesh and blood, who cannot [exactly] know his times and his moments, must add from the profane to the holy [i.e., he must add some time to the Sabbath.] - [from Ber. And the fourth river is the Euphrates. Another explanation of the word בְּהִבָּרְאָם He created them with the letter “hey,” as it is written (. 23 וְכֹ֣ל | שִׂ֣יחַ הַשָּׂדֶ֗ה טֶ֚רֶם יִֽהְיֶ֣ה בָאָ֔רֶץ וְכָל־עֵ֥שֶׂב הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה טֶ֣רֶם יִצְמָ֑ח כִּי֩ לֹ֨א הִמְטִ֜יר יְהֹוָ֤ה אֱלֹהִים֙ עַל־הָאָ֔רֶץ וְאָדָ֣ם אַ֔יִן לַֽעֲבֹ֖ד אֶת־הָֽאֲדָמָֽה: Every טֶרֶם in Scripture has the meaning of “not yet,” and it does not mean“before,” and it cannot be made into a verb form, to say הִטְרִים, as one says הִקְדִּים This verse proves this, as well as another verse (. And a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it separated and became four heads. ... (Hebrew) translation does not include Genesis chapter 2. ברכו במן שכל ימות השבת היה יורד להם עומר לגלגלת ובששי לחם משנה, וקדשו במן שלא ירד בו מן כלל והמקרא כתוב על שם העתיד: The work that was fit to be done on the Sabbath, He doubled up and did it on the sixth [day], as is explained in Genesis Rabbah (11:9). The text on this page contains sacred literature. Genesis 2:12 Or good; pearls; Genesis 2:13 Possibly southeast Mesopotamia; Genesis 2:20 Or the man; Genesis 2:21 Or took … 2And on the seventh day God finished His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made. Now if you ask: It has already been stated (above 1:27): “And He created man, etc. On the seventh day God was finished with his work which he had made, so he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. The Sabbath came, and so came rest. וַיִּ֩צֶר֩ יְהֹוָ֨ה אֱלֹהִ֜ים מִן־הָֽאֲדָמָ֗ה כָּל־חַיַּ֤ת הַשָּׂדֶה֙ וְאֵת֙ כָּל־ע֣וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וַיָּבֵא֙ אֶל־הָ֣אָדָ֔ם לִרְא֖וֹת מַה־יִּקְרָא־ל֑וֹ וְכֹל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִקְרָא־ל֧וֹ הָֽאָדָ֛ם נֶ֥פֶשׁ חַיָּ֖ה ה֥וּא שְׁמֽוֹ: This “forming” is identical with the “making” mentioned above (1:25): “And God made the beasts of the earth, etc.” But it comes here to explain that the fowl were created from the mud, because it stated above that they were created from the water, and here it states that they were created from the earth (Chul. למדך שכלם נבראו ביום ראשון. וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהִ֔ים לֹא־ט֛וֹב הֱי֥וֹת הָֽאָדָ֖ם לְבַדּ֑וֹ אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־לּ֥וֹ עֵ֖זֶר כְּנֶגְדּֽוֹ: [Gen. Rabbah] Lest they [people] say, “There are two dominions: the Holy One, blessed be He, is alone among the heavenly beings, and He has no mate, and this one [man] among the earthly creatures, has no mate.”. 32 ֥יִם וְהָאָ֖רֶץ וְכָל־צְבָאָֽם: 2 And God completed on the seventh day His work that He did, and He abstained on the seventh day from all His work that He did. עדיין לא צמח, ובשלישי שכתוב ותוצא הארץ, על פתח הקרקע עמדו עד יום ששי: Because there was no man to work the soil, and no one recognized the benefit of rain, but when man came and understood that they were essential to the world, he prayed for them, and they fell, and the trees and the herbs sprouted. Is Gihon ; the same is it which goeth toward the east of Asshur to to. תהא קולטתו לקבורה world was created with the Holy Tongue מִן־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה כָּל־עֵ֛ץ נֶחְמָ֥ד לְמַרְאֶ֖ה וְט֣וֹב לְמַֽאֲכָ֑ל הַֽחַיִּים֙... 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