Jewish%20thought for Avodah Zarah 4:17

ומנלן דלא קיימום דתני רב יוסף (חבקוק ג, ו) עמד וימודד ארץ ראה ויתר גוים מאי ראה ראה ז' מצות שקבלו עליהן בני נח ולא קיימום כיון שלא קיימום עמד והתירן להן איתגורי איתגור א"כ מצינו חוטא נשכר

How do we know that they did not observe them? For R. Joseph taught: “He stood and shook the earth, He saw and made the nations tremble” (Habbakuk 3:6). What did He see? He saw that the nations did not observe even the seven commandments which the sons of Noah had taken upon themselves, and seeing that they did not observe them, He stood up and released them from them. They benefited! If so, it pays to be a sinner!

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