אֲשֶׁ֤ר שָׁנְנ֣וּ כַחֶ֣רֶב לְשׁוֹנָ֑ם דָּרְכ֥וּ חִ֝צָּ֗ם דָּבָ֥ר מָֽר׃
yang telah mengasah lidah mereka seperti pedang, dan membidikkan anak panah mereka, yaitu perkataan yang pahit,
Aggadat Bereshit
Chapter 10: Torah [1] "And the sons of Noah who went forth from the ark" (Genesis 9:18). This is as it is written, "A little that the righteous have is better" (Psalms 37:16). The children of Israel are better than the righteous of the world, as it is written, "Not because you are the most numerous of peoples" (Deuteronomy 7:7), and "from the multitude of the wicked" (Psalms 64:4), Of the seventy nations numbered they were called a multitude, as it is said, O multitude, many nations, etc. (Isaiah 17:12). Alternatively, "A little that the righteous have is better." Noah and his three sons were better than all those multitudes who were in the generation of the flood, among the many wicked people, for there were many multitudes in the generation of the flood, where each man and woman gave birth to four or five children in one acre of land each year, and they gave birth twice a year like sheep, and they would go out among their fathers, as it is said, "They send forth their little ones like a flock" (Job 21:11). See how many multitudes there were, and because of this they angered the Holy One, blessed be He. But what is written of Noah? "And Noah was five hundred years old" (Genesis 5:32). It is not written about him like it is written about all the others, "And he begot sons and daughters," but rather: "these are the records of Noah, three. These are Noah's sons, good were Noah's three sons from all those people, a little good for the righteous, these are the histories of Noah's sons.