382. Rabbi Yitzchak said that all those righteous people who lived after that generation OF ENOSH, such as Jared, Methuselah, and Enoch, tried hard to rebuke them, but were unsuccessful. The world became full of sinners who rebelled against their Master saying, "What is Shadai, that we should serve Him?" (Iyov 21:15).
382. ר' יִצְחָק אָמַר, כָּל אִינוּן זַכָּאִין דַּהֲווֹ בְּהוּ לְבָתַר, בְּהַהוּא דָרָא, כָּלְהוֹ הֲווֹ מִשְׁתַּדְּלֵי לְמָחָאָה בְּהוֹ, כְּמוֹ יֶרֶד מְתוּשֶׁלַח וַחֲנוֹךְ, וְלָא יָכִילוּ, עַד דְּאִתְפַּשְׁטוּ חַיָּיבִין, מָרְדֵי בְּמָארֵיהוֹן, וְאָמְרֵי מַה שַּׁדַּי כִּי נַעַבְדֶנּוּ.
387. And the Holy One, blessed be He, waited for them while those righteous men, like Jared, Methuselah, and Enoch lived. And when they passed from the world, the Holy One, blessed be He, then released judgment upon the wicked, and they perished, as it is said: "They were blotted out from the earth" (Beresheet 7:23).
387. וְאוֹרִיךְ קֻדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לוֹן כָּל הַהוּא זִמְנָא, דְּאִינוּן זַכָּאִין: יֶרֶד וּמְתוּשֶׁלַח וַחֲנוֹךְ קָיְימִין בְּעָלְמָא. כֵּיוָן דְּאִסְתַּלָּקוּ מֵעָלְמָא, וּכְדֵין אַנְחֵית קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא דִּינָא עֲלַיְיהוּ וְאִתְאֲבִידוּ. כְּמָא דְּאַתְּ אָמֵר וַיִּמָּחוּ מִן הָאָרֶץ.