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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 24:64/אבן עזרא על בראשית כ״ד:ס״ד

אוטעם ותפול מעל הגמל. ברצונה כמו "ויפול על פניו" (במדבר טז ד), והפסוק הבא מאוחר הוא מוקדם, כי ותאמר אל העבד וכבר אמרה אל העבד:

1[SHE ALIGHTED FROM THE CAMEL.] Of her own free will.⁶⁹ (she fell). Krinsky explains that I.E. translates she fell as she willingly fell from the camel. Weiser explains that she came off the camel in order to bow; that is, she alighted. Compare, he fell upon his face (Num. 16:4). What is reported in the following verse took place before, for the meaning of va-tomer el ha-eved is: And she had said unto the servant.⁷⁰