וַיֹּ֨סֶף ע֜וֹד לְדַבֵּ֤ר אֵלָיו֙ וַיֹּאמַ֔ר אוּלַ֛י יִמָּצְא֥וּן שָׁ֖ם אַרְבָּעִ֑ים וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ לֹ֣א אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֔ה בַּעֲב֖וּר הָאַרְבָּעִֽים׃
И он снова обратился к Нему и сказал: 'Там должно быть сорок найденных приключений.' И сказал он: 'Я не буду делать это за сорок'ради'
Jerusalem Talmud Bava Metzia
HALAKHAH: “How is this? If he collected the produce from him,” etc. Rebbi Aḥa said, it is written: “For the earth was filled with oppression because of them.31Gen. 6:13. Gen. rabba 31(5), in the name of R. Ḥanina.” What was their oppression? If a person came carrying a box full of lupines they all asembled and each one was taking less than the worth of a peruṭah, a case which cannot be brought before the judges32The farmer in the end was left with nothing but so many thieves took only a minute amount that he did not have a case against anybody.. Rebbi Ḥiyya bar Abba said, “much, much”33Gen. 6:5 about the generation of the flood; Gen. 18:20 about Sodom and Gomorrha, identical expressions. Gen. rabba 28(3); R. Berekhiah in the name of R. Joḥanan.. The acts of these were identical to the acts of those.