Talmud for Genesis 7:23
וַיִּ֜מַח אֶֽת־כָּל־הַיְק֣וּם ׀ אֲשֶׁ֣ר ׀ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י הָֽאֲדָמָ֗ה מֵאָדָ֤ם עַד־בְּהֵמָה֙ עַד־רֶ֙מֶשׂ֙ וְעַד־ע֣וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וַיִּמָּח֖וּ מִן־הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיִשָּׁ֧אֶר אַךְ־נֹ֛חַ וַֽאֲשֶׁ֥ר אִתּ֖וֹ בַּתֵּבָֽה׃
And He blotted out every living substance which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and creeping thing, and fowl of the heaven; and they were blotted out from the earth; and Noah only was left, and they that were with him in the ark.
Jerusalem Talmud Sanhedrin
HALAKHAH: “The generation of the Deluge has no part in the World to Come,” and will not see the future298In contrast to most other sinners whose souls will take part in Eternal Life after having been punished for their sins, these souls will be completely destroyed. Babli 108a.. What is the reason? 299Gen. 7:23.He wiped off all that was standing in this world; they were wiped off from the Land300The double mention of “wiping off” in one verse implies that each of them must have another object. In Psalms, “the Land” usually refers to the Future Life; the Land of the Living to Paradise, the Land without attribute to the Netherworld., in the future.
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