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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 43:34/אבן עזרא על בראשית מ״ג:ל״ד
אוישא משאות. דורון:
1AND PORTIONS WERE TAKEN. Masot (portions) means gifts.21
בידות. חלקים:
2TIMES. Yadot (times) means portions.
גממשאות כלם. מדורון כל אחד מהם כי רחוק לתת לו חמש ידות על כל חלק וחלק:
3AS ANY OF THEIRS. Benjamin’s gifts were five times as great as the gift of any one of the brothers.22 It is far-fetched to believe that Joseph gave Benjamin five gifts for every gift that he gave to each one of his brothers.23 (all of them) as meaning, as any of them.