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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 42:19/אבן עזרא על בראשית מ״ב:י״ט
ארעבון בתיכם. צורך בעבור הרעב, וטעמו הביאו אל בתיכם:
1FAMINE OF YOUR HOUSES. Needed because of the famine of your houses.22 (com famine). This makes no sense, so I.E. interprets, com because of the famine. The meaning of havi’u shever ra’avon batekhem (carry corn for the famine of your houses) is, carry to your houses the corn needed because of the famine.23 (carry com famine your houses). I.E. says that havi’u (carry) is to be connected to batekhem (your houses). Thus the meaning of the clause is: carry to your houses the com needed because of the famine (Krinsky, Cherez).