Ibn Ezra on Ki Sisa 33:12

English: AND MOSES SAID UNTO THE LORD: SEE, THOU SAYEST UNTO ME. See means see the predicament in which I find myself. 42 In other words, the word see cannot be taken to pertain to the words that follow, for words cannot be seen. Hence I.E. interprets see to mean see my predicament. I will now grammatically explain the section. 43 Verses 12-23. [I KNOW THEE.] Rabbi Saadiah Gaon says that yedatikha (I know thee) means I have honored thee. However, this is incorrect, for that I may know Thee (v. 13) just as You know me follows. 44 I.E.’s paraphrase of show me (hodi’eni) thy ways, that I may know Thee (ve-eda’akah) (v. 13). Now ve-eda’akah in verse 13 cannot mean I will respect, for hodi’eni and ve-eda’