Comentários de Citação sobre Gênesis 9:14

V. 10-12. Wir haben bereits zu Bereschit 9, 4 die in diesen Versen und V. 14 wechselnden Ausdrücke für die Beziehung des Blutes zur Seele und die darin liegende Zurückweisung materialistischer Anschauung dieses Verhältnisses erläutert, und verweisen darauf.

And it shall come to pass when I bring clouds over the earth²²¹Verse 14 here. — meaning that when G-d will not make His countenance shine upon²²⁶See Numbers 6:25. the earth on account of the sins of its inhabitants— “My attribute of justice will be seen in the cloud, and I will remember the covenant in a remembrance of mercy, and I will have compassion on the little ones that are on the earth.” Thus, this token and the covenant are like the token of circumcision and the covenant thereof,²²⁷See Ramban further, 17:13. and the language of the verses is very appropriate for the subject. And thus the Rabbis in the above Midrash have explained the expression between G-d²²⁴Verse 16 here. as referring to the attribute of justice on high, which is gevurah (strength), and that which is upon the earth²²⁴Verse 16 here. as being the attribute of justice on earth, which is a kindly attribute, conducting the world together with the attribute of mercy, for Scripture does not say “that which is in the earth,” [which would have alluded to “the earth above”], but only “that which is on the earth.” I have already hinted²²⁸See Ramban above, 6:13. at the secret of the Rabbis concerning the name “earth.” But Rashi wrote, “Between G-d²²⁴Verse 16 here.— between the attribute of justice on high and you.” But our Rabbis did not intend to imply this interpretation in their Midrash.