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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 3:17/אבן עזרא על בראשית ג׳:י״ז
אולאדם. ארורה האדמה, שלא תוציא תבואה רבה:
1AND UNTO ADAM…CURSED IS THE GROUND. It will not yield much produce.
בבעצבון תאכלנה. תאכל תבואתה, והיא דרך קצרה, וכן והיו באוכלי שולחנך (מ"א ב ז):
2IN TOIL THOU SHALT EAT OF IT. This is short for thou shalt eat of its produce.48. However, man does not eat the ground. Therefore I.E. says that our verse is abridged (Weiser). And let them be of those that eat at thy table (I Kings 2:7)49. The words “the food of” must be supplied by the reader. is similar.