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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 31:25/אבן עזרא על בראשית ל״א:כ״ה
אולבן תקע את אחיו. עם אחיו,
1AND LABAN WITH HIS BRETHREN PITCHED. Et echav is to be rendered: with his brethren.41 is the sign of the direct object Hence et echav means his brethren. The verse thus might conceivably be rendered: Laban pitched his brethren. However, this is impossible since pitched refers to tents, hence I.E. points out that et here is not the sign of the direct object but is to be rendered with.
באהל יעקב מושך עצמו ואחר עמו וכן הוא ויעקב תקע את אהלו בהר, ולבן תקע את אהלו עם אחיו בהר הגלעד:
2The word tent written in reference to Jacob also carries over to Laban.42 That is, now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain, and Laban pitched his tent with his brethren in the mountain of Gilead.