Commentary for Bava Batra 236:2
ר' יוסי ברבי חנינא אמר מהכא (בראשית מח, טז) וידגו לרוב בקרב הארץ מה דגים שבים מים מכסים עליהם ואין העין שולטת בהם אף זרעו של יוסף אין העין שולטת בהם:
but 'those who transcend the eye'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] signifies both 'eye' and 'fountain', and [H] may, therefore, be rendered, 'by the fountain' (as E.V.) or, 'above the eye'. independent, or Immune from the power of the evil eye. ');"><sup>3</sup></span> R. Jose son of R. Hanina said, [this<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That the descendants of Joseph are not to fear the evil eye. ');"><sup>4</sup></span> is inferred] from the following [verse]: And let them grow like fishes into a multitude in the midst of the earth.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gen. XLVIII, 16. ');"><sup>5</sup></span>
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