Generation of the Flood/ Noah's generation ( of the flood)
The generation that lived at the time of the flood and is considered the generation that committed many sins.
("The generation of the flood has no share in the world to come and does not stand in judgment as it is said (Genesis 6): 'My spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he also is flesh'" - Sanhedrin 107a, and likewise: "The ocean rose and flooded a third of the world; the generation of the flood did not submit to learn" - Agnon / Ir U'meloah, 705)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
דּוֹר הַמַּבּוּל
Definition (Hebrew)
הַדּוֹר שֶׁהָיָה חַי בִּזְמַן הַמַּבּוּל וְנֶחְשַׁב לְדוֹר שֶׁעָשָׂה חֲטָאִים רַבִּים.
("דּוֹר הַמַּבּוּל אֵין לָהֶם חֵלֶק לָעוֹלָם הַבָּא וְאֵין עוֹמְדִין בַּדִּין שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (בְּרֵאשִׁית ו') לֹא יָדוֹן רוּחִי בָּאָדָם לְעֹלָם לֹא דִּין וְלֹא רוּחַ"- סַנְהֶדְרִין י ג, וְכֵן:"שֶׁעָלָה אוֹקְיָנוּס וְהֵצִיף שְׁלִישׁ הָעוֹלָם לֹא נִכְנַע דּוֹר הַמַּבּוּל לִלְמֹד"- עַגְנוֹן/ עִיר וּמְלוֹאָהּ, 705)