## Kitzur Ba'al HaTurim on Genesis Chapter 4

###### Kitzur Ba'al HaTurim on Genesis 4:7:1
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**תשוקתו** ב' במסורה הכא ואידך אני לדודי ועלי תשוקתו. והוא שאמרו חז"ל ב' תשוקות הן תשוקתן של רשעים לעבירה שנאמר ואליך תשוקתו ותשוקתו של הקדוש ברוך הוא על ישראל שנאמר אני לדודי ודודי לי ועלי תשוקתו:

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 Source::**
The word "תשוקתו" in this context means "his desire." Another interpretation is "his urge." The verse in Genesis 4:7 is saying, "His desire is toward you, but you must master it." In the Midrash, it is explained that there are two desires: the desire of the wicked for sin, as it says "and to you shall be his desire," and the desire of the Holy One, blessed be He, for the people of Israel, as it says "I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine; he feeds among the lilies."


###### Kitzur Ba'al HaTurim on Genesis 4:10:1
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**צועקים** ב' במסורה הכא ואידך על כן הם צועקים וגו'. ופירש רש"י התם מלמד שנצטרע והיה שוחט תינוקות של ישראל ורוחץ בדמם וזה קול דמי אחיך צועקים:

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 Source::**
"Crying out" - In one version of the tradition it says "and also they cry out..." Rashi explained there that it teaches that he (Pharaoh) contracted leprosy and was slaughtering Jewish infants and washing himself with their blood, and this (the infants' blood) is the voice of your brother's blood crying out. (Genesis 4:10)


###### Kitzur Ba'al HaTurim on Genesis 4:14:1
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**מוצאי** ב' במסורה הכא ואידך כי מוצאי מצא חיים. וזה שאמרו חז"ל למיימינים בה סמא דחיי למשמאילים בה סמא דמותא וזהו והיה כל מוצאי יהרגני:

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 Source::**
The word "מוצאי" in Genesis 4:14 means "my banishment" or "my exile". In the Talmudic interpretation, it is explained as "For the righteous, [God] showed them the place of their burial, but for the wicked, he did not; rather, it is said of them: 'my exile is too great to bear'." This is why the sages said to those on the right, "Hold the cup of life," and to those on the left, "Hold the cup of suffering." This is the meaning of the verse "whoever finds me will kill me."


###### Kitzur Ba'al HaTurim on Genesis 4:18:1
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**הנה בשמים עד"י** בגימטריא חנוך ושהד"י בגימטריא מטטרון שלקח הקב"ה אחד מאותן של קודם דור המבול ואחד של אחר דור המבול דהיינו חנוך ופנחס והעלם לשמים שיעידו עליו ובחר בחנוך שהיה דור שביעי שהקב"ה חפץ בשביעיות וכן משה שהיה שביעי לאבות כתיב ביה ומשה עלה אל האלהים:

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 Source::**
"Behold, in the heavens there is a solitary judge's plea" in gematria is equal to Enoch, and the Tetragrammaton in gematria is equal to Metatron, whom the Holy One, blessed be He, took one from those of the previous generation of the Flood and one from those of the later generation of the Flood, namely Enoch and Pinchas, and concealed them in heaven to bear witness about Him. He chose Enoch, who was of the seventh generation, since the Holy One, blessed be He, desired the seventh [generation]. Similarly, it is written of Moses, who was of the seventh [generation] from the Patriarchs, "And Moses ascended to God [Elohim]."