Aliya Summary: Lemech accidentally killed his
great-great-great-great-grandfather Cain in a hunting accident; the
blood of Abel was finally avenged. Adam and Eve gave birth to a third
son, Shet. This Aliya then chronicles the first seven generations of
mankind, from Adam to the righteous Enoch.
Lemech's
wives knew of the impending flood, and that almost everyone would be
killed, and therefore stopped having kids. Lemech complained about them
to Adam, and Adam argued that "You perform your commandments, and He
will do His", meaning that we do what we're supposed to do, and let G-d
deal with the consequences. The wives countered that Adam should take
his own advice, to which he stood corrected, and proceeded to have Shet,
of whom Noach was a descendant, who did survive the flood, and who led
the new world!
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