The Zohar · Noach
זוהר, נח ל״וZohar, Noach 36
Section 36 of 44 in Noach — 9 segments
Segment 1א׳
וַיִּהְיוּ בְּנִי נֹחַ הַיּוֹצְאִים מִן הַתֵּבָה. רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר אָמַר כֵּיוָן דִּכְתִיב וַיִּהְיוּ בְּנֵי נֹחַ. אַמַּאי אָמַר הַיּוֹצְאִים מִן הַתֵּבָה. וְכִי בְּנִין אָחֳרָנִין הֲווּ לֵיהּ דְּלָא נָפְקֵי מִן תֵּיבוּתָא.
AND THE SONS OF NOAH THAT WENT FORTH FROM THE ARK WERE SHEM, AND HAM, AND JAPHETH. R. Eleazar asked why the Scripture inserts the words “who went forth from the ark”. Did, then, Noah have other sons who did not go forth from the ark?
Segment 2ב׳
אָמַר לֵיהּ רַבִּי אַבָּא אִין. דְּהָא לְבָתַר אוֹלִידוּ בְּנוֹי בְּנִין. דִּכְתִיב וְאֵלֶּה תּוֹלְדוֹת שֵׁם וְגו'. וְאִנוּן לָא נָפְקֵי מִגּוֹ תֵּיבוּתָא. וּבְגִין כָּךְ כְּתִיב הַיּוֹצְאִים מִן הַתֵּיבָה שֵׁם חָם וָיָפֶת.
R. Abba said: “Yes: the children whom his sons bore afterwards; and the Scripture points out that these did not go forth from the ark.’
Segment 3ג׳
רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אָמַר אִילּוּ הֲוֵינָא שְׁכִיחַ בְּעָלְמָא כַּד יָהִיב קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא סִפְרָא דְחֲנוֹךְ בְּעָלְמָא וְסִפְרָא דְאָדָם, אַתְקִיפְנָא דְּלָא יִשְׁתַּכְּחוּן בֵּינֵי אֱנָשָׁא, בְּגִין דְּלָא חַיְישׁוּ כָּל חֲכָמָאן לְאִסְתַּכְּלָא בְּהוּ וְטָעָן בְּמִלִּין אָחֳרָנִין לְאֲפָקָא מֵרְשׁוּ עִלָּאָה לִרְשׁוּ אָחֳרָא. וְהַשְׁתָּא הָא חַכִּימֵי עָלְמָא יָדְעִין מִלִּין וְסָתְמִין לוֹן וּמִתְתַּקְפֵי בְּפוּלְחָנָא דְּמָארֵיהוֹן.
R. Simeon said: ‘Had I been alive when the Holy One, blessed be He, gave mankind the book of Enoch and the book of Adam, I would have endeavoured to prevent their dissemination, because not all wise men read them with proper attention, and thus extract from them perverted ideas, such as lead men astray from the Most High to the worship of strange powers. Now, however, the wise who understand these things keep them secret, and thereby fortify themselves in the service of their Master.’
Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria
English: The Zohar — Soncino Press, London 1933 (public domain)
English: rendered from the Aramaic for this app — The Gematria's own rendering program. A rendering of the words, not a commentary; the Zohar is learned with a teacher