אבן עזרא על בראשית ד׳:י״ט:א׳ implies that Saadia Gaon has an explanation of the names עדה וצלה. Do you know where I could find that?
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1mg.alhatorah.org/Parshan/R._Saadia_Gaon_Commentary/Bereshit/… but I don't see where he interprets the names– Joel KCommented Oct 20, 2022 at 9:10
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sefaria.org/…– ShmuelCommented Oct 21, 2022 at 18:45
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1@Shmuel I don't see an explanation of the names עדה וצלה there. Am I missing something?– Yitzchok GinzbergCommented Oct 23, 2022 at 13:16
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I think I get it but it's a little obscure. Bereshis Rabbah on 4:20 says that the reason for the names is that Adah was the first wife, bearing children, while Tzila waited in Adah's tzel (shadow). Saadia Gaon on the passuq assumes that this is true and deals with secondary questions. Ibn Ezra says, don't worry about all that because we don't even know that it's true.
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Where do you see in RaSaG that he’s assuming the interpretation of the midrash?– Joel KCommented Oct 20, 2022 at 20:43