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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 45:1/אבן עזרא על בראשית מ״ה:א׳
אלהתאפק. לסבול:
1REFRAIN HIMSELF. Le-hitappek (refrain himself) means to bear.
בלכל הנצבים עליו. טעמו, עד שיצאו כל הנצבים עליו, והוצרך לקרוא להוציאם:
2BEFORE ALL THEM THAT STOOD BY HIM. Its meaning is, until all that stood by him left. Joseph was therefore compelled to call and have them withdrawn.1