Why does it say "v'Yesh Asher Omerim"?
Rashi: Some of the Aniyim said, we should sell our sons and daughters to buy food, so we can live. Their rich brothers did not want to finance them.
Ibn Ezra (1): We have many sons and daughters. We will take food from where we find it 1 , so we can live, for our brothers do not finance us.
Malbim: There were two groups within the Aniyim. This group screamed about the future, that they lack food to survive. They did not own fields 2 . They wanted to make their children collateral for a loan with Ribis, in order to buy grain.
What is the meaning of "Rabim"?
Rashi: We are many, with our sons and daughters.
Malbim: This is a verb. We will borrow with Ribis, which increases.
