הִרְבָּ֖ה כּוֹשֵׁ֑ל גַּם־נָפַ֞ל אִ֣ישׁ אֶל־רֵעֵ֗הוּ וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ ק֣וּמָה ׀ וְנָשֻׁ֣בָה אֶל־עַמֵּ֗נוּ וְאֶל־אֶ֙רֶץ֙ מֽוֹלַדְתֵּ֔נוּ מִפְּנֵ֖י חֶ֥רֶב הַיּוֹנָֽה׃
Ia membuat banyak orang tersandung; bahkan mereka jatuh menimpa satu sama lain, lalu berkata: “Bangunlah, marilah kita kembali kepada bangsa kita dan ke tanah kelahiran kita, menghindari pedang yang menindas.”
Tze'enah Ure'enah
“He made many stumble, they fell over one another” [46:16]. The Holy One caused the multitude to stumble and to fall, one man under the other.
Tze'enah Ure'enah
“They said: we will rise and return to our people, etc.” [46:16]. In Egypt there is always much bread, much more than in any other land. Therefore, other nations came to Egypt and lived there. They were born in other lands. Now, when Nebuchadnezzar came to conquer the land of Egypt, these same nations said: Let us return to our lands, to our people, because of the sword, so that nobody should be killed.1Radak, Jeremiah, 46:16.
Rashi
He made many stumbling blocks The Holy One, blessed be He, Who pushed him down, made many stumbling blocks for him.
Rashi
yea, they joined Heb. נפל [lit. fell]. They joined one another, saying, Arise and let us go back to our own people, whence we came to wage war.
Rashi
the oppressing sword Heb. חרב. Jonathan renders: The sword of the enemy, which is like intoxicating wine. היונה. An expression of wine (יין). Another interpretation: It is an expression of oppression (אונאה).