Commentary for Bava Batra 230:5

ודלמא תרי ענה הוו אמר רבה אמינא מלתא דלא אמרה שבור מלכא ומנו שמואל איכא דאמרי אמר רב פפא אמינא מלתא דלא אמרה שבור מלכא ומנו רבה אמר קרא (בראשית לו, כד) הוא ענה הוא ענה דמעיקרא

and [lower down] it is written, And these are the children of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. v. 24. How could Anah be a son and a brother to Zibeon? ');">⁸</span> — [But this] teaches that Zibeon had intercourse with his mother and begat Anah.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Anah was consequently his son and, being a son of his mother, also his brother. Anah, though a grandchild of Seir, is described as of the inhabitants of the land (Gen. XXXVI, 20) which proves that grandchildren have the same right of inheritance as children. ');">⁹</span>

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