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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 20:4/אבן עזרא על בראשית כ׳:ד׳

אוטעם הגוי גם צדיק תהרוג, בעד נפשו וביתו וממלכתו, וכן כתוב, ואל תשמע אל דברי חולם החלום המחליף מלה במלה שפי' הגוי איש ובמלת לעם נכרי (שמות כא ח) אאריך מעט:

1[LORD, WILT THOU SLAY EVEN A RIGHTEOUS NATION?] The term nation includes Abimelech, his household and his kingdom. That this is so can be seen from Scripture.⁸ Thus Abimelech was worried about his kingdom. Pay no attention to the dreamer⁹ who changes the terms used in Scripture. The latter explains goy (nation) to mean ish (a person). I will elaborate a bit upon this in my comments on the verse to sell her unto a foreign people he shall have no power (Ex. 21:8).¹⁰