You are on page 1of 1

Gen.

Rabbah 22:2
MAN2; KNEW intimates that he made known sexual functions to all. [Another
interpretation]: He knew how he had been robbed of his tranquillity; he knew what
his serpent [i.e. Eve, his tempter] had done to him.3 R. Aha observed: The serpent
was thy serpent, and thou wast Adam's serpent.4 AND SHE CONCEIVED AND BORE CAIN. R.
Eleazar b. Azariah said: Three wonders were performed on that day: on that very
day they were created, on that very day they cohabited, and on that very day they
produced off- spring. R. Joshua b. Karhah said: Only two entered the bed, and seven
left it: Cain and his twin sister, Abel and his two twin sisters.5 AND SHE SAID: I
HAVE GOTTEN A MAN, etc. R. Isaac said: When a woman sees that she has children she
exclaims, ' Behold, my husband is now in my possession.6

R. Jose said: When the descendants of Cain spread through the world, they used
to cut up the soil, and they had traits in common both with the upper and the lower
beings. R. Isaac said: When Uzza and Azael fell from the abode of their sanctity
above, they saw the daughters of mankind and sinned with them and begat children.
These were the Nefilim (giants), of whom it is said, THE NEFILIM WERE IN THE EARTH
(Gen. VI, 4). R. Hiya said: The descendants of Cain were the sons of God (Ibid.
2). For Cain was born from Samael and his aspect was not like that of other human
beings, and all who came from his stock were called sons of God. R. Judah said
that the Nefilim were also called so. THE SAME WERE THE MIGHTY MEN. There were
sixty on the earth, corresponding to the number above, as it is written,
I'hreescore mighty men are about it (S.S. III, 7). WHICH WERE OF OLD, THE MEN OF
NAME. R. Jose saw in the word name an indication that they were from the upper
world, while R. Hiya saw in the word me'olam (of old or from the world) an
indication that they were from the terrestrial world, and that from there God moved
them.
Zohar: Sec I. 37a

You might also like