Midrash
Kohelet Rabbah 7:29 קהלת רבה ז׳:כ״ט
Part of: Chapter 7
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לְבַד רְאֵה זֶה מָצָאתִי אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה הָאֱלֹהִים אֶת הָאָדָם יָשָׁר, יָשָׁר הָיָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה הָאֱלֹהִים אֶת הָאָדָם יָשָׁר, וּכְתִיב (בראשית ג, כב): הֵן הָאָדָם הָיָה כְּאַחַד מִמֶּנּוּ, כְּאֶחָד מִמַּלְאֲכֵי הַשָּׁרֵת, וְכֵיוָן שֶׁנַּעֲשׂוּ שְׁנַיִם, וְהֵמָּה בִקְשׁוּ חִשְׁבֹנוֹת רַבִּים.
“But, see, this I have found: G-d made man upright, but they have sought many schemes” (Ecclesiastes 7:29).
“But, see, this I have found: G-d made man upright” – he was upright, as it is stated: “G-d made man upright,” and it is written: “Behold, man has become like one of us” (Genesis 3:22) – like one of the ministering angels. When they became two, “but they have sought many schemes.”
“But, see, this I have found: G-d made man upright, but they have sought many schemes” (Ecclesiastes 7:29).
“But, see, this I have found: G-d made man upright” – he was upright, as it is stated: “G-d made man upright,” and it is written: “Behold, man has become like one of us” (Genesis 3:22) – like one of the ministering angels. When they became two, “but they have sought many schemes.”