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Methuselah
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.