The definition of cardinal exponentiation

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In ZF, Is provable that the set of all functions from B to A can be well ordered for all well ordered sets A and B?

If it holds, for some well ordered set X, 2 to the X is well orderable. Therefore the power set of X is also well orderable, but it couldnt be possible because it implies the axiom of choice. so it does not hold and we also cannot mention that for every cardinal a and b, a to the b is a cardinal. Is this argument right? Im really confused. (The definition of cardinal of X, where X is well orderable, is the unique initial ordinal equipotent to X)

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No, there are models of $ZF$ where $2^\omega$ cannot be well-ordered.