his commentary on genesis tends toward the philosophical. he seeks out the ethical underpinnings of the stories, believing that they were not included in the text for purely historical reasons, but rather for their moral message. he makes extensive use of the ancient targum translation of the text into aramaic attributed to jonathan ben uzziel, commenting on it and bringing variant readings. the commentary also includes a mystical interpretation of the garden of eden and the story of cain and abel. a similar, mystical interpretation by kimhi can also be found in his glosses on the final chapter of the book of ezekiel, describing the divine chariot. when he does not understand a particular text, he follows the example of rashi and writes, "i did not understand the reason why this story appears in this particular place," or "i did not find a proper reason for it."