A Short Deadline Set After a Long One

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 56:3

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Another interpretation of "after the seven days" (Genesis 7:10): it teaches that He set for them a short span of time after a long span of time.

Themes

FloodRepentanceDivine Justice

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