Mesorat%20hashas for Sanhedrin 216:4
(בראשית ז, י) ויהי לשבעת הימים ומי המבול היו על הארץ מה טיבם של שבעת הימים
as it is written, It is ready for the steps of the feet.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Here understood as a euphemism for sperm. ');"><sup>7</sup></span> R. Hisda said: With hot passion they sinned, and by hot water they were punished. [For] here it is written, And the water cooled;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' (E.V. 'abated'.) Gen. VIII, 1. ');"><sup>8</sup></span>
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