Commentary for Bava Batra 225:4

אלא אמר רב נחמן בר יצחק אמר קרא ידבקו תרוייהו ידבקו כתיב בהו

But, said Raba; Scripture states. The tribes shall cleave.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Heb. [H] (Num. XXXVI. 9), while in v. 7. these words are separated. The members of the tribe are united through their fathers, hence the verse mist be speaking of fathers, i.e., husbands. ');">¹⁰</span> R. Ashi said: Scripture states. from One tribe to another tribe,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 9. ');">¹¹</span> but a son is not [of] another.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence, Num. XXXVI, 9, must have reference to the case where the husband is heir. ');">¹²</span> R. Abbahu said in the name of R. Johanan. in the name of R. Jannai, in the name of Rabbi (and some trace it to<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'and they arrived in it (so far as to quote it) in the name of'. ');">¹³</span>

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