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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 7:23/אבן עזרא על בראשית ז׳:כ״ג
אוימחו מן הארץ., נמחה שמם מן הארץ, כי אין להם זרע: וישאר. ונשאר רק נח לבדו ואשר אתו והנה זאת תשובה גמורה על חסירי דעת מאחינו שאומרים שלא היה המבול בכל הארץ:
1AND THEY WERE BLOTTED OUT. Their names were erased from the earth because they left no descendants. [AND NOAH ONLY WAS LEFT.] Only Noah and those with him were left. This verse proves how wrong are some of our ignorant brethren who maintain that the flood did not cover the entire earth.27 113b; Bereshit Rabbah 33:9. However, Weiser doubts that I.E. would express himself so strongly against the Rabbinic sages. Others say that I.E. directed his barb against those who take the Rabbinic statement literally.