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Ramban on Genesis 9:8/רמב"ן על בראשית ט׳:ח׳
אוְטַעַם וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים אֶל נֹחַ וְאֶל בָּנָיו אִתּוֹ עַל יְדֵי אֲבִיהֶם, כִּי בָּנָיו לֹא הָיוּ נְבִיאִים, וְלֹא הִגִּיעַ חָם לְמַעֲלַת הַנְּבוּאָה. וְכֵן "וַיֹּאמֶר ה' אֶל אָחָז" (ישעיהו ז י), וְכֵן "וַיֹּאמֶר ה' אֶל מֹשֶׁה וְאֶל אַהֲרֹן" (שמות ז ח) כְּדִבְרֵי רַבּוֹתֵינוּ (ת"כ ויקרא א), אֶל מֹשֶׁה אָמַר שֶׁיֹּאמַר לְאַהֲרֹן. וְכֵן פֵּרֵשׁ בַּסּוֹף "וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים אֶל נֹחַ" (בראשית ט':י"ז):
1AND G-D SPOKE TO NOAH AND TO HIS SONS. The meaning thereof is that He spoke to the sons by means of their father for his sons were not prophets, and Ham did not reach the level of prophecy. Likewise, “And the Eternal spoke to Ahaz,”208. (Isaiah 7:10.) [which means that G-d spoke to him through Isaiah].209 And so also, And the Eternal spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron,210 which according to the words of our Rabbis211, 1. means He spoke to Moses so that he would in turn speak to Aaron. And so Scripture makes explicit at the end of the present chapter: And G-d spoke to Noah.212