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Ibn Ezra on Exodus 8:3/אבן עזרא על שמות ח׳:ג׳
אויעשו. במים מועטים, ע"כ ראה פרעה כי יש הפרש בין מעשה אהרן ובין מעשיהם, ע"כ קרא למשה, כי ראה שהחרטומים הוסיפו על המכה, ולא יכלו לחסרה:
1AND THE MAGICIANS DID IN LIKE MANNER. In the little water.4 Pharaoh therefore saw that there was a difference between what Aaron did and what his magicians were able to do. He called Moses because he saw that his magicians could add to the plague5 but were unable to mitigate it.