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Commentary for Job 17:14

לַשַּׁ֣חַת קָ֭רָאתִי אָ֣בִי אָ֑תָּה אִמִּ֥י וַ֝אֲחֹתִ֗י לָֽרִמָּֽה׃

If I have said to corruption: ‘Thou art my father’, To the worm: ‘Thou art my mother, and my sister’;

Rashi on Job

To the pit I have called, ‘You are my father,’ to lodge there many days as though it was my father, since this is my hope.
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Malbim on Job

The Hebrew text has אמי, meaning 'my mother'. But Malbim reads this as אחי, meaning 'my brother', which makes more sense.
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