Commentary for Sotah 69:6

אמר להו הוציאנו ממצרים וקרע לנו את הים והאכילנו את המן אם יאמר עשו סולמות ועלו לרקיע לא נשמע לו (במדבר יג, ל) עלה נעלה וירשנו אותה וגו'

But the men that went up with him said: We will not be able etc.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 31. ');">¹¹</span> R. Hanina b. Papa said: A grievous statement did they make at that moment, viz. For they are stronger than we — read not than we but than He;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [ [H] instead of [H] a difference of pronounciation in the Babylonian Masora, in order to distinguish between the 1st. masc. plur and 3rd. sing, (v. Ges. K. 1910 para. m, n. 1), and cf. Ibn Ezra on Ex. I, 9.] ');">¹²</span>

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