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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 12:5/אבן עזרא על בראשית י״ב:ה׳
ארכושם. מקנה, וכן "כי היה רכושם רב" (בראשית יג ו):
1THEIR SUBSTANCE. Their cattle.6, which includes cows, sheep, asses and camels. Rekhusham (their substance) in And the land was not able to bear them…for their (rekhusham) substance (i.e., their cattle) was great (Gen. 13:6) is similar.
בואת הנפש. עבדים ילידי בית, או עשו כמו קנו, וכן "עשה לי את החיל הזה" (דבר' ח יז) וי"א הנפשות שהורום האמת לעבוד את השם
2AND THE SOULS THAT THEY HAD GOTTEN IN HARAN. Servants born into their household.7 thus means: were born to them (Weiser). It is also possible that had gotten means bought.8 as meaning born. He now explains it to mean bought (Weiser). Hath gotten in My power and the might of my hand hath gotten me this wealth (Deut. 8:17) is similar. Others say that the souls that they had gotten in Haran refers to the people to whom Abraham showed the truth, to worship God.9 39:14. Cf. Rashi.
גוטעם ויצאו ללכת, אל המקום אשר אמר השם
3[AND THEY WENT FORTH TO GO.] To the place that God had told them to go.