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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 4:8/אבן עזרא על בראשית ד׳:ח׳
אויאמר קין. הקרוב אלי שאמר לו כל התוכחות שהוכיחו השם. ושואלים נולדו ביום סגריר ישאלו איך הכהו, ואין חרב, וזאת שאלת תהו, כי יהרגהו בידו בחנק, ואלף עץ ואבן נמצאים,
1AND CAIN SPOKE. It appears to me that Cain related to Abel the full account of the rebuke with which God had reproached him. Those born on a dark day ask, how did Cain kill Abel since no swords were yet in existence? This is a foolish question. He could have choked him or killed him with a stone or a piece of wood inasmuch as there were thousands of stones and chunks of wood around.