Commentary for Sanhedrin 216:6

(בראשית ז, ב) מכל הבהמה הטהורה תקח לך שבעה שבעה איש ואשתו אישות לבהמה מי אית לה א"ר שמואל בר נחמני א"ר יונתן מאותם שלא נעבדה בהם עבירה

What was the nature of these seven days?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That God should have postponed the flood on their account. ');">¹¹</span> — Rab said: These were the days of mourning for Methuselah, thus teaching that the lamenting for the righteous postpones retribution. Another meaning is: After the seven days during which the Holy One, blessed be He, reversed the order of nature,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'beginning'. ');">¹²</span>

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