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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 18:5/אבן עזרא על בראשית י״ח:ה׳
אופי' כי על כן עברתם, כדברי קדמונינו ז"ל הואיל ועברתם כמו כי על כן באו (בראשית יט ח):
1[FORASMUCH AS YE ARE COME.] Ki al ken avartem (forasmuch as ye are come) means the same as ho’il va-avartem (since you are come) in Rabbinic Hebrew.8 means the same as the Rabbinic term ho’il (since). The Hebrew ki al ken can also be explained to mean, for this reason; i.e., the verse can be read: I will fetch a morsal of bread and stay your heart…for this reason (to eat) are ye come to your servant (Netter), hence I.E.’s comment. It is like forasmuch as (ki al ken) as they are come under the shadow of my roof (Gen. 19:8).
בכן תעשה. דרך מוסר שפת לחם די:
2SO DO, AS THOU HAST SAID. They responded politely and said to him that a morsel of bread would suffice.9, hence I.E.’s comment.