כרוּב (kerûb), and ברך in Aramaic, means “to carve, to plow”; in Persian, “to grip, to grasp.” This word occurs about ei…

EXCURSUS C: ON THE DURATION OF THE PARADISIACAL STATE OF INNOCENCE.

The Bereshit Rabba argues that Adam and Eve re…

And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the…

Behold, the man is become as one of us: An ironical reproof by which God would not only prick man's heart but pierce it through and throug…

And the Lord God said
The Word of the Lord God, as the Jerusalem Targum; not to the ministering angels, as the Targu…

God commanded man to go out. He told him he should no longer occupy and enjoy that garden. But man liked the place and was unwilling to leave it, a…