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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 23:17/אבן עזרא על בראשית כ״ג:י״ז

אויקם. נתקיים ועמד השדה למקנה, והנה זה הפסוק דבק עם הפסוק שהוא למעלה וכן "גר ותושב אנכי" (בראשית כג ד) והעשרה שהזכיר הגאון אינם דבקים, וטעם:

1WERE MADE SURE. The field was made sure and passed permanently into Abraham’s possession. This verse and the one that preceded it are to be read as one verse. Similarly the verse opening with I am a stranger and a sojourner (v. 4) and the verse which precedes it are to be read as one verse. The ten pairs of verses that Saadiah Gaon listed as being in reality one verse are in fact not to be read as one verse.²³