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We're going way back, past reality TV, to the dawn of humanity, to explore the birth of Cain. The Talmud (Eruvin 18b) tells us that there were ten generations from Adam to Noah. Wh...
According to Legends of the Jews, when Lamech's wives heard that Adam decided they should continue to live with their husband, they weren't exactly thrilled. They threw some seriou...
Enosh, you see, was put in a rather awkward spot. People kept asking him about his lineage. No problem. "My father is Seth." Okay, then: "And who was the father of Seth?" Enosh rep...
According to tradition, the descent into depravity that started with Enosh, the grandson of Adam, really kicked into high gear during the time of his grandson Jared. And who was to...
According to Legends of the Jews, Enoch, the great-grandfather of Noah, experienced not just one, but two ascensions to heaven! The first time, Enoch was still living amongst human...
Enoch, as we find in Legends of the Jews, wasn't just any guy. He lived in a time when, according to Rabbi Ishmael (as told by Enoch himself!), humanity had really messed things up...
Today, let’s talk about Methuselah. Yes, that Methuselah, the guy famous for living almost a thousand years. But there's so much more to his story than just longevity. According to...
But before we get to the ark and the flood, let's rewind a bit. According to Legends of the Jews, a collection of stories compiled by Rabbi Louis Ginzberg, Noah’s arrival on the sc...
We often hear about angels as these purely good, ethereal beings. But what happens when angels, shall we say, misbehave? The story of Azazel and Shemhazai is one of those tales. It...
