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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 2:6/אבן עזרא על בראשית ב׳:ו׳
אואד, כמו עשן וכמוהו יום אידם (דב"ר לב לה) שהיום הרע יקרא יום ענן וערפל, והטעם כי עלה אד מן הארץ בכח המאורות והשקה האדמה והצמיחה, והגאון אמר כי פירושו ולא אד יעלה מן הארץ:
1A MIST. Ed (mist) means smoke.20 (smoke). That is, a smoke-like substance went up from the earth. Weiser suggests reading anan (cloud) because smoke is out of place here since I.E. speaks of clouds. The day of their calamity (yom edom) is similar (Deut. 32:35). An evil day is called a cloudy day and a day of thick darkness.21 means a cloudy day, i.e., a dark day or day of calamity. The meaning of our verse is that via the power of the lights a mist arose from the earth and watered it and caused it to bring forth vegetation. Saadiah Gaon explains as follows: “And no mist yet went up from the earth.”22 found in verse 5 also applies to this verse.