וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֜ם יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל אֲבִיהֶ֗ם אִם־כֵּ֣ן ׀ אֵפוֹא֮ זֹ֣את עֲשׂוּ֒ קְח֞וּ מִזִּמְרַ֤ת הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ בִּכְלֵיכֶ֔ם וְהוֹרִ֥ידוּ לָאִ֖ישׁ מִנְחָ֑ה מְעַ֤ט צֳרִי֙ וּמְעַ֣ט דְּבַ֔שׁ נְכֹ֣את וָלֹ֔ט בָּטְנִ֖ים וּשְׁקֵדִֽים׃
Lalu Israel, ayah mereka, berkata kepada mereka: “Jika memang demikian, lakukanlah ini: ambillah hasil terbaik negeri ini dalam wadah-wadahmu, dan bawalah turun kepada orang itu sebagai hadiah: sedikit balsam dan sedikit madu, lilin lebah dan damar ladanum, kacang pistasio dan buah badam.
Rashi
אפוא NOW — This is really a redundant word used in Hebrew for stylistic purposes. If it be so that I am compelled to do this — that I must send him with you — I must endeavour to seek where (אי) there is here (פה) some measure and plan to propose to you and therefore, I say: “Do this”.
Radak
אם כן אפוא, if the situation is such that I cannot detain Binyamin here,
Sforno
אם כן, if the matter is indeed as you have said that although the man harassed you he is a G’d-fearing individual,
Tur HaArokh
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מזמרת הארץ OF THE CHOICE PRODUCTS OF THE LAND — This is rendered in the Targum by “Take of that which is praised in the land” — that about which people sing its praise (מזמרים) when it comes into existence (Genesis Rabbah 91:11).