My Spirit Shall Not Abide When the Righteous Are Rewarded

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 44:2

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"My spirit shall not abide in man forever" (Genesis 6:3). [God says:] I will not place My spirit in them at the time when I grant the reward of the righteous, and so on.

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Divine JusticeReward And PunishmentWorld To Come

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