אֲבֹתֵ֤ינוּ חָֽטְאוּ֙ אינם [וְאֵינָ֔ם] אנחנו [וַאֲנַ֖חְנוּ] עֲוֺנֹתֵיהֶ֥ם סָבָֽלְנוּ׃
Ang aming mga ninuno ay nagkasala, at wala na sila; at kami ang nagpapasan ng kanilang mga kasamaan.
Eikhah Rabbah
“Our fathers have sinned, and are no more; and we have suffered their iniquities” (Lamentations 5:7).
“Our fathers have sinned, and are no more.” The Holy One blessed be He said to them: ‘It is for your own that you are standing in this situation.’9You are being punished for your own sins. Alternatively, they said to them: ‘It is because of us that you exist.’10The fathers said to them: You are not suffering on account of our sins. On the contrary, the fact that you continue to exist and have not been entirely destroyed is due to our merits (Rabbi David Luria).
“Our fathers have sinned, and are no more.” The Holy One blessed be He said to them: ‘It is for your own that you are standing in this situation.’9You are being punished for your own sins. Alternatively, they said to them: ‘It is because of us that you exist.’10The fathers said to them: You are not suffering on account of our sins. On the contrary, the fact that you continue to exist and have not been entirely destroyed is due to our merits (Rabbi David Luria).
Vayikra Rabbah
What is written before this matter? “If a woman conceives and bears a male child” (Leviticus 12:2). What is written after it? “A man, if he will have on the skin of his flesh.” What does one have to do with the other? Rabbi Tanḥum ben Rabbi Ḥanilai said: This is analogous to a female donkey that became ill and was cauterized and its foal emerged burned. What caused the foal to emerge burned? It is because its mother was cauterized. Likewise, what caused the offspring to be a leper? It is because its mother did not observe the days of her menstruation. Rabbi Avin said: This is analogous to a vegetable garden into which a spring flows. As long as the spring continues to flow into it in excess, it forms marshes. So too, one who consorts with his menstruant wife produces leprous offspring. Rabbi Avin read in his regard: “The fathers ate unripe grapes, and the children’s teeth will be damaged” (Jeremiah 31:29). They will read regarding their fathers: “Our fathers have sinned and are no more, and we suffer their sins” (Lamentations 5:7).
Mekhilta DeRabbi Shimon Ben Yochai
..."Visiting (poked)" - visiting is always to remember. And so it states (Genesis 21:1), "And the Lord visited Sarah"; and it states (Exodus 3:16), "I will surely visit you." R. Yehudah says, "I gather together the iniquities with me, and suspend them until the fourth generation; as with Jehu, the son of Nimshi. Accordingly, it states [about him] (II Kings 15:12), "Four generations of your descendants shall occupy the throne of Israel." And so it was for him...