(The water) covered the firmament over them and darkened

Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael Mekhilta Tractate Shirah 5:2

Curated by The Jewish Mythology Team · Published January 6, 2025

(The water) covered the firmament over them and darkened the stars over them, viz. (Ezekiel 32:8) "All the lights of the heavens I will darken above you, and I will bring darkness to your land," and (Isaiah 13:10) "For the stars of heavens and their constellations will not give their light. (For) the sun will be dark when it rises, etc." And it is written (Ezekiel 30:18) "And in Techafnefess the day will be darkened when I break there the power of Egypt… (For) a cloud shall cover it. And (Isaiah 13:11) "and I shall requite to the world (its) evil, etc."

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Moses Prophecy Noah & Flood Cosmology Heavenly realms

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