Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Quoting%20commentary for Sanhedrin 216:7

מנא ידע אמר רב חסדא שהעבירן לפני התיבה כל שהתיבה קולטתו בידוע שלא נעבדה בהם עבירה וכל שאין התיבה קולטתו בידוע שנעבדה בה עבירה רבי אבהו אמר מאותן הבאין מאיליהן

the sun rising in the west and setting in the east.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That the wicked might be arrested by the phenomenon and led to repentance. ');"><sup>13</sup></span> Another meaning: the Holy One, blessed be He, [first] appointed a long time for them, and then a short time.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He first gave them 120 years in which to repent (this being the homiletical interpretation of Gen. VI, 3); this ended, he gave them a further seven days' grace. ');"><sup>14</sup></span>

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