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Ibn Ezra on Exodus 7:23/אבן עזרא על שמות ז׳:כ״ג
אויפן. טעם "גם לזאת" כי הזכיר בתחלה אות המטה שהיה לתנין ובלע המטות:
1AND PHARAOH TURNED. Scripture states even this95 seems out of place, for this was the first plague. because it first mentioned the sign of the rod which turned into a serpent and swallowed the other rods.96.