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Rashi on Deuteronomy 12:31/רש"י על דברים י״ב:ל״א
אכי גם את בניהם. "גַּם" – לְרַבּוֹת אֶת אֲבוֹתֵיהֶם וְאִמּוֹתֵיהֶם; אָמַר רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא אֲנִי רָאִיתִי גוֹי שֶׁכְּפָתוֹ לְאָבִיו לִפְנֵי כַלְבּוֹ וַאֲכָלוֹ (ספרי):
1כי גם את בניהם FOR ALSO THEIR SONS [AND THEIR DAUGHTERS HAVE THEY BURNT IN THE FIRE TO THEIR GOD] — The word גם, “also”, is intended to include amongst those they used to burn, their parents also. R. Akiba related, “I once saw a heathen who bound his father before his dog which thereupon devoured him” (Sifrei Devarim 81:6).