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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 41:56/אבן עזרא על בראשית מ״א:נ״ו
אויפתח יוסף את כל. האוצרות שהיו עמם:
1AND JOSEPH OPENED ALL. The storehouses which they had.94 (in them). I.E. interprets ba-hem to mean, had with them, i.e., their storehouses.
בוישבור למצרים. פירוש נתן שבר למצרים, וטעמו קנין:
2AND SOLD UNTO THE EGYPTIANS. It means he gave corn (shever) to the Egyptians.95 (and sold) is a denominative of corn or grain. Va-yishbor refers to a corn purchase.96 means, and he sold (Krinsky). Va-yishbor usually means, and he bought corn. This is the sense in which this root is used throughout Chap. 42 and in Is. 55:1. However, here va-yishbor seems to mean, and he sold corn. I.E.’s apparent solution to the problem is to explain that va-yishbor can apply either to the seller or to the buyer as the transfer of corn (shever) is effectuated by two individuals, the one giving (selling) the corn and the other buying it. The aforementioned is how Kimchi explains va-yishbor and it appears to be the meaning of I.E.’s comment (Cherez).