Midrash su Genesi 3:23
וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵ֛הוּ יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֖ים מִגַּן־עֵ֑דֶן לַֽעֲבֹד֙ אֶת־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֻקַּ֖ח מִשָּֽׁם׃
Il Signore Iddio lo mandò fuori del giardino di Eden, a coltivare la terra, dalla quale fu tratte.
Sefer HaYashar (midrash)
And the Lord God took Adam and his wife and placed them into the garden of Eden, to till it and watch over it. And he commanded them and said unto them : From all the trees of the garden ye may freely eat; but from the tree of know ledge of good and evil ye shall not eat; for on the day that ye eat thereof ye shall surely die. And after the Lord had blessed and instructed them, he withdrew from them ahigh, and Adam and his wife dwelt in the midst of the garden according to the commandment of the Lord, which he commanded them. And the serpent which the Lord had created upon the earth, came unto them anxious to mislead them to trespass upon the commandment of God which he had commanded them. And he beguiled the woman and persuaded her to eat from the fruit of the tree of knowledge. And the woman hearkened unto the voice of the serpent. And she transgressed the word of God and she took from the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and of evil and she ate, and she took thereof and gave to her husband also, and he ate. And thus both, Adam and his wife, trespassed upon the commandment of God which he commanded them, and God knew it, and his wrath kindled against them and he cursed them. And the Lord God, on that very day, drove them away from the garden of Eden, to till the ground whence they have been taken, and they went and dwelt on the east side of the garden of Eden.
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Eikhah Rabbah
Rabbi Abbahu began: “But they, like men [ke’adam], have violated the covenant” (Hosea 6:7) – this is Adam the first man. The Holy One blessed be He said: I brought Adam the first man into the Garden of Eden, I commanded him, and he violated My command. I sentenced him to banishment and expulsion, and I lamented him with eikha. I brought him into the Garden of Eden, as it is stated: “He placed him in the Garden of Eden” (Genesis 2:15). I commanded him, as it is stated: “The Lord God commanded the man saying.… [but from the tree of knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat]” (Genesis 2:16–17). He violated My command, as it is stated: “Have [you eaten] from the tree from which I commanded you [not to eat?]” (Genesis 3:11). I sentenced him to banishment, as it is stated: “He banished the man” (Genesis 3:24). I sentenced him to expulsion, as it is stated: “The Lord [God] sent him from the Garden of Eden” (Genesis 3:23). I lamented him with eikha, as it is stated: “He said to him: Where are you [ayeka]” (Genesis 3:9); it is written eikha.11Ayeka and eikha are each spelled alef, yod, kaf, heh. Thus, it is as though God used the word eikha, how, regarding Adam, as if to say: How did this come to be, just as the first word of Lamentations is how [eikha].
His descendants, too, I brought into the Land of Israel, as it is stated: “I brought you into a fruitful land” (Jeremiah 2:7). I commanded them, as it is stated: “Command the children of Israel” (Leviticus 24:2). They violated My command, as it is stated: “All Israel has violated your Torah” (Daniel 9:11). I sentenced them to banishment, as it is stated: “From My house I will banish them” (Hosea 9:15). I sentenced them to expulsion, as it is stated: “Send them from My presence and let them go” (Jeremiah 15:1). I lamented them with: “How does…sit solitary?” (Lamentations 1:1).
His descendants, too, I brought into the Land of Israel, as it is stated: “I brought you into a fruitful land” (Jeremiah 2:7). I commanded them, as it is stated: “Command the children of Israel” (Leviticus 24:2). They violated My command, as it is stated: “All Israel has violated your Torah” (Daniel 9:11). I sentenced them to banishment, as it is stated: “From My house I will banish them” (Hosea 9:15). I sentenced them to expulsion, as it is stated: “Send them from My presence and let them go” (Jeremiah 15:1). I lamented them with: “How does…sit solitary?” (Lamentations 1:1).
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Midrash Tanchuma Buber
R. Levi said in the name of R. Hama bar Hanina: the Holy One joined together thirteen bridal canopies for the first Adam in the Garden of Eden, as written (in Ezek. 28:13): YOU WERE IN EDEN, THE GARDEN OF GOD; EVERY STONE THAT IS PRECIOUS WAS YOUR COVERING: <(1) CARNELIAN, (2) CHRYSOLITE, AND (3) MOONSTONE, (4) BERYL, (5) ONYX AND, (6) JASPER, (7) SAPPHIRE, (8) TURQUOISE, AND (9) EMERALD, AND (10) GOLD>. Resh Laqish said: Eleven, and the Rabbis say: Ten. But they do not disagree (as to the verse, only over the number of canopies). The one who makes <a total of> thirteen for him makes (1) EVERY STONE, (2) THAT IS PRECIOUS, and (3) YOUR COVERING <to be the extra> three. The one who makes <a total of> eleven for him makes <EVERY STONE THAT IS PRECIOUS WAS YOUR COVERING as a whole to be the extra> one. The one who makes <a total of> ten for him does not make <these words> to be an <extra> one. Then after all this praise <comes> (Gen. 3:19): FOR DUST YOU ARE, AND UNTO DUST YOU SHALL RETURN. (Eccl. 8:1, cont.:) AND THE RADIANCE OF HIS FACE IS CHANGED. When <Adam> said (in Gen. 3:12): THE WOMAN THAT YOU PUT WITH ME, SHE GAVE ME <FRUIT FROM THE TREE, AND I ATE>. Even so did the Holy One change his face and drive him from the Garden of Eden, as it is written (in Gen. 3:23): SO THE LORD GOD SENT HIM AWAY FROM THE GARDEN OF EDEN.
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