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Targum Jonathan on Genesis Chapter 6

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וַהֲוָה אֲרֵי שְׁרִיאוּ בְּנֵי נְשָׁא לְמִסְגֵי עַל אַנְפֵּי אַרְעָא וּבְנָתָא שַׁפִּירְתָּא אִיתְיְלִידוּ לְהוֹן

The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862

And it was when the sons of men began to multiply upon the face of the earth, and fair daughters were born to them;

וְחָמוֹן בְּנֵי רַבְרְבַיָא יַת בְּנַת אֱנָשָׁא אֲרוּם שַׁפִּירָן הִינוּן וְכַחֲלָן וּפַקְסָן וּמְהַלְכִין בְּגִילוּי בִּשְׁרָא וְהִרְהִירוּ לִזְנוּ וּנְסִיבוּ לְהוֹן נְשִׁין מִכָּל דְאִתְרְעִיוּ

The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862

and the sons of the great saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and painted, and curled, walking with revelation of the flesh, and with imaginations of wickedness; that they took them wives of all who pleased them.

וַאֲמַר יְיָ בְּמֵימְרֵיהּ לָא יִתְדְנוּן כָּל דָרַיָא בִּשַׁיָא דַעֲתִידִין לְמֵיקָם בְּסֵדֶר דַיָנַיָא דְדָרָא דְמַבּוּלָא לְמוֹבְדָא וּלְמִשְׁתֵּיצֵי מִגוֹ עַלְמָא הֲלָא יְהָבִית רוּחַ קָדְשִׁי בְּהוֹם מִן בִּגְלַל דִי יַעֲבְדוּן עוֹבָדִין טָבִין וְהָא אַבְאִישׁוּ עוֹבָדֵיהוֹן הָא יְהָבִית לְהוֹן אַרְכָּא מְאָה וְעַשְרִין שְׁנִין מִן בִּגְלַל דְיַעֲבְדוּן תְּתוּבָא וְלָא עָבָדוּ

The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862

And the Lord said by His Word, All the generations of the wicked which are to arise shall not be purged after the order of the judgments of the generation of the deluge, which shall be destroyed and exterminated from the midst of the world. Have I not imparted My Holy Spirit to them, (or, placed My Holy Spirit in them,) that they may work good works? And, behold, their works are wicked. Behold, I will give them a prolongment of a hundred and twenty years, that they may work repentance, and not perish.

שַׁמְחַזָאֵי וְעוּזִיאֵל הִינוּן נְפִילִין מִן שְׁמַיָא וַהֲווֹ בְּאַרְעָא בְּיוֹמַיָא הָאִינוּן וְאוּף בָּתַר כֵּן דַעֲלוּן בְּנֵי רַבְרְבַיָא לְוַת בְּנַת אֱנָשָׁא וִילִידַן לְהוֹן וְהִינוּן מִתְקְרִין גַבְרִין דִמְעַלְמָא אִינְשֵׁי שְׁמָהָן

The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862

Schamchazai and Uzziel, who fell from heaven, were on the earth in those days; and also, after the sons of the Great had gone in with the daughters of men, they bare to them: and these are they who are called men who are of the world, men of names.

וַחֲמָא יְיָ אֲרוּם סְגִיאַת בִּישַׁת אֱנָשָׁא בְּאַרְעָא וְכָל יִצְרָא דִמְחַשְׁבַת לִבֵּיהּ לְחוֹד בִּישׁ כָּל יוֹמָא

The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862

And the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and all the imagery of the thought of his heart was only evil every day.

וְתַב יְיָ בְּמֵימְרֵיהּ אֲרוּם עֲבַד יַת אֶנָשָׁא בְּאַרְעָא וְאֵידְיָין עֲלֵיהוֹן בְּמֵימְרֵיהּ

The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862

And it repented the Lord in His Word that He had made man upon the earth; and He passed judgment upon them by His Word.

וַאֲמַר יְיָ אַבְטִיל אֱנָשָׁא בְּמֵימְרִי דִבְרֵיתִי מֵעַל אַנְפֵּי אַרְעָא מֵאֱנָשָׁא עַד בְּעִירָא עַד רִיחֲשָׁא וְעַד עוֹפָא דִשְׁמַיָא אַרוּם תָּבִית בְּמֵימְרִי אֲרוּם עֲבַדְתִּינוּן

The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862

And the Lord said, I will abolish by My Word man, whom I have created upon the face of the earth, from man to cattle, to the reptile, and to the fowl of the heavens; because I have repented in My Word that I have made them.

וְנח דַהֲוָה צַדִיק אַשְׁכַּח חִינָא קֳדָם יְיָ

The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862

But Noah, who was righteous, found favour before the Lord.

אלה תּוֹלְדוֹת נח אִלֵין יְחוּסִין דִגְנִיסַת נחַ נחַ הֲוָה גְבַר זַכְּאַי שְׁלִים בְּעוֹבְדִין טָבִין הֲוָה בְּדָרוֹהִי בְּדַחַלְתָּא דַיְיָ הֲלִיךְ נחַ

The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862

These are the genealogies of the race of Noah. Noah was a just man, complete in good works in his generation, (and) in the fear of the Lord walked Noah.

וְאוֹלִיד נחַ תְּלָתָא בְּנִין יַת שֵׁם יַת חָם וְיַת יָפֶת

The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862

And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Cham, and Japheth.

וְאִתְחַבָּלַת אַרְעָא בְּגִין דַיְירָהָא דְסָטוּ מִן אָרְחָן דְתַקְנָן קֳדָם יְיָ וְאִיתְמְלִיאַת אַרְעָא חֲטוּפִין

The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862

And the earth was corrupted through the inhabitants thereof, who had declined from the ways of righteousness before the Lord; and the earth was filled with rapine.

וַחֲמָא יְיָ יַת אַרְעָא וְהָא אִתְחַבָּלַת אֲרוּם חַבִּילוּ כָּל בִּשְרָא כָּל חַד וְחַד יַת אוֹרְחֵיהּ עַל אַרְעָא

The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862

And the Lord beheld the earth; and, lo, it was corrupt; for all flesh had every one corrupted his way upon the earth.

וַאֲמַר יְיָ לְנחַ סוֹפָא דְכָל בִּשְרָא מָטָא מִן קֳדָמַי אֲרוּם אִתְמְלִיאַת אַרְעָא חֲטוּפִין מִן עוֹבְדֵיהוֹן בִּישַׁיָא וְהָא אֲנָא מְחַבֵּלְהוֹן עִם אַרְעָא

The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862

And the Lord said to Noah, The end of all flesh cometh before Me, because the earth is filled with rapine by their evil works; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

עִיבַד לָךְ תֵיבוֹתָא דְקִיסִין קַדְרוּנִין מְאָה וְחַמְשִׁין קוֹלִין תַּעֲבֵיד לְתֵיבוּתָא בִּשְמָאלָהּ וּתְלָתִין וְשִׁית בְּפוּתְיָהּ וַעֲשָרָה בָּתִּין בִּמְצִיעָא לְאַצְנְעָא בְּהוֹן מְזוֹנָא וַחֲמֵשׁ אַפוּטְנִיוּתָא בִּימִינָא וַחֲמֵשׁ בִּשְמָאלָהּ וְתֵשׁוּעַ יָתָהּ מִן גֵיו וּמִבָּרָא בְּחֵימְרָא

The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862

Make thee an ark of the wood of cedars; a hundred and fifty cells shalt thou make to the ark in its left side, and thirty and six in its breadth; and ten cabins in the midst, to lay up in them provision; and five repositories on the right, and five on the left; and thou shalt protect it within and without a pitch.

אִיזֵל לְפִישׁוֹן וְסַב מִתַּמָן יוֹהֲרָא וְתִשְׁוִנֵיהּ בְּתֵיבוּתָא לְאַנְהָרָא לְכוֹן וּלְגַרְמִידָא תְשֵׁצִינֵיהּ מִלְעֵיל וְתַרְעָא דְתֵיבוּתָא בְּצִטְרָא תְשַׁוֵי מְדוֹרִין תַּתָּאִין תִּנְיָנִין וּתְלִיתָאִין תַּעַבְדִינֵהּ

The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862

Go thou unto Phison, and take from thence a precious stone, and fix it in the ark to illuminate you: with the measure of a cubit (or span) shalt thou complete it above. And a door shalt thou set in the side of the ark; and with dwelling-places, inferior, second, and third, shalt thou make it.

וַאֲנָא הָאֲנָא מַיְתֵי יַת טוּבְעָנָא מַיָא עַל אַרְעָא לְמִכְלָא כָּל בִּשְרָא דְבֵיהּ רוּחָא דְחַיֵי מִן תְּחוֹת שְׁמַיָא כָּל דִבְאַרְעָא יִתְנְגַד

The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862

And I, behold, I bring a flood of waters upon the earth to swallow up all flesh which hath in it the spirit of life from under the heavens: whatever is upon the earth shall be swept away.

וְאָקִים יַת קְיָימִי עִמָךְ וְתֵיעוֹל לְתֵיבוּתָא אַנְתְּ וּבְנָךְ וְאִנְתְּתָךְ וּנְשֵׁי בְנָךְ עִמָּךְ

The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862

But I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt go into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and the wives of thy sons with thee.

וּמִן כָּל דְחַי מִכָּל בִּשְרָא תְּרֵין מִכּוֹלָא תֵּיעוּל לְתֵיבוּתָא לְקַיְימָא עִמָךְ דְכַר וְנוּקְבָא יְהוֹן

The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862

And of all that liveth of all flesh, two of every (kind) shall go into the ark, to be preserved alive with thee: male and female shall they be.

מֵעוֹפָא לִזְנֵיהּ וּמִבְּעִירָה לִזְנֵיהּ וּמִכָּל רִיחֲשָׁא דְאַרְעָא לִזְנֵיהּ תְּרֵין מִכּוֹלָא יַעֲלוּן לְוָותָךְ עַל יַד מַלְאָכָא דְאָחַד וּמֵיעַל יַתְהוֹן לָךְ לְקַיְימָא

The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862

Of the fowl after its kind, and of all cattle after its kind, and of every reptile of the earth after its kind, two of every (sort) shall enter to thee by the hand of the angel, who will take and cause them to enter to thee, to be preserved.

וְאַתְּ סַב לָךְ מִכָּל מֵיכַל דְמִיתְאָכִיל וִיהֵי לָךְ וּלְהוֹן לְמֵיכָל

The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862

And thou, take to thee of all food that is eaten, and let it be to thee and to them for food.

וַעֲבַד נחַ כְּכָל דְפַקְדֵיהּ יְיָ

The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862

And Noah did according to all that the Lord had instructed him.

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