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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 3:9/אבן עזרא על בראשית ג׳:ט׳
אויקרא. טעם אַיֶכָּה פתחון הדברים, וכן "אי הבל אחיך" (בראשית ד ט) והנה כחש קין והשיב לו השם "קול דמי אחיך צועקים":
1AND THE LORD GOD CALLED. Where art thou was a means of starting a conversation. Similarly, Where is Abel thy brother? (Gen. 4:9).33 was a means of starting a conversation. Similarly God knew where Adam was, and Where art thou was a means of starting a conversation. Behold, Cain denied his brother’s whereabouts, but God responded, the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto Me from the ground (Gen. 4:10).