Noach 6:18 · unit 1

TT #14 · Parashas Noach · First Aliyah · Passuk 6:18

The Complete Passuk

וַהֲקִמֹתִ֥י אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֖י אִתָּ֑ךְ וּבָאתָ֙ אֶל־הַתֵּבָ֔ה אַתָּ֕ה וּבָנֶ֛יךָ וְאִשְׁתְּךָ֥ וּנְשֵֽׁי־בָנֶ֖יךָ אִתָּֽךְ׃

But I will establish My covenant with you, and you shall enter the ark — you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.

Chabad.org — 6:18

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sanhedrin 108b (R’ Yochanan comparing the order of entry vs. exit).

Sefaria — Sanhedrin 108b

E-Daf image — Sanhedrin 108b (size=3)

Shas / HebrewBooks PDF of the daf

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
אַתָּה וּבָנֶיךָ וְאִשְׁתְּךָ — וְאִלּוּ גַּבֵּי יְצִיאָה כְּתִיב ״צֵא מִן הַתֵּבָה אַתָּה וְאִשְׁתְּךָ וּבָנֶיךָ״ — אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: מְלַמֵּד שֶׁבִּכְנִיסָתָן נֶאֶסְרוּ בְּתַשְׁמִישׁ הַמִּטָּה.

English: “You and your sons and your wife” — whereas regarding the exit it is written “Go out from the ark, you and your wife and your sons” — R’ Yochanan said: This teaches that upon their entry they were forbidden marital relations.

On the daf / in context: The change in word order (males listed together, then females, versus the mixed order at exit) is the textual basis for the temporary prohibition of marital relations during the Flood year. The world was in a state of destruction; procreation was suspended until the covenant of survival was re-established.

Type of Learning

Custom (diyuk from the differing sequence of names at entry versus exit).

What Is Learned

While the ark was closed during the Flood, marital relations were forbidden; they were permitted again only upon exit.