Seven Days of Grace for the Mourning of Methuselah

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 56:5

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Another interpretation: "And it came to pass after the seven days" (Genesis 7:10) teaches that the Holy One, blessed be He, suspended for them the seven days of mourning for the righteous Methuselah, so that they might repent. But they did not repent.

Themes

NoahRepentanceDivine Justice

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