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כי על כן שבתם. הואיל ושבתם כמו כי על כן לא נתתיה: FORASMUCH AS YE ARE TURNED BACK. Ki al ken shavtem (forasmuch as ye are turned back) means, since you turned back.70In other words, ki al ken means since. The literal meaning of ki al ken is “for on yes.” Hence I.E.’s comment. Compare, since (ki al ken) I gave her not (Gen. 38:26).