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Feeling the Flood
Nov 1, 2019 By Mary Brett Koplen | Commentary | Noah
As the curtains close on Parashat Bereshit, we find God steeped in sadness.
וַיִּנָּ֣חֶם ה’ כִּֽי-עָשָׂ֥ה אֶת-הָֽאָדָ֖ם בָּאָ֑רֶץ וַיִּתְעַצֵּ֖ב אֶל-לִבּֽו:
“And Adonai regretted that God had made humanity on earth and God’s heart was grieved.” (Gen. 6:6)
God is heartbroken. The people whom God formed with such care, the people into whom God exhaled God’s own divine spark, the people God loved—had chosen a path of corruption and crime.
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