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Can 40 camels carry all the good of Damesek?!

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Radak: This is a hyperbole. The same applies to "v'Chol Tuv Adonav b'Yado 1 ", "Kol ha'Aretz Ba'u Mitzraimah (Bereishis 24:10, 41:57) and similar verses.

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Radak citing Shir ha'Shirim Rabah 4:8: He had a gem worth as much as all the good of Damesek.


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According to Rashi there, that Avraham wrote everything that he owned to Yitzchak in a document, this verse can be literally true. (PF)

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