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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 19:17/אבן עזרא על בראשית י״ט:י״ז

אומלת כהוציאם, שם הפועל, ואינו כמו, להוציאם מארץ מצרים" (ירמי' לא לב) והמ"ם סי' הפועלים, והם המלאכים ואותם פעולים:

1[WHEN THEY HAD BROUGHT THEM FORTH.] Ke-hotzi’am (when they had brought) is an infinitive. Ke-hotzi’am should not be confused with le-hotzi’am (to bring them out), in to bring them out (le-hotzi’am) of the land of Egypt (Jer. 31:32), for in our verse the mem suffix stands for the subject, i.e., the angels.³⁰ the mem suffix stands for the object. The object of the sentence, Lot and his family, are indicated by the word otam (them).

באל תביט אחריך. אתה וכל אשר לך וכן לא תאכל ממנו:

2LOOK NOT BEHIND THEE. Neither you nor any that belong to you.³¹ (look not) is in the singular. I.E.’s point is that al tabbit did not only apply to Lot, but to his entire household. Thou shalt not eat of it (Gen. 2:17)³² is a singular. This command did not only apply to Adam. It also applied to Eve. Its meaning is thus: Neither you nor any of yours shall eat of it. Otherwise why would Eve have been punished? is similar.