GEN614 The Rabbis taught: “The generation of the flood became haughty only because of all the good bestowed upon them by the Holy One Blessed be He. They said: ‘Is there anything we need Him for except a drop of rain? We have plenty of rivers and wells to supply us.’ At this, the Holy One Blessed be He said: ‘They are angering me through the good that I have bestowed upon them, and it is through that same element that I will punish them,’ as it is written: ‘And I, behold, I will bring a flood of
water’”
Sanhedrin 108a TEMIMAH-GEN 37
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