Commentary for Bava Batra 256:4

מתקיף לה רבא האי נאמן ואינו נאמן יירש ולא יירש מבעיא ליה

Raba pointed out a difficulty. [If] that [is the meaning, why the expressions], 'trusted' and 'not trusted'? 'He shall be heir' and 'he shall not be heir' should have been [the expressions used]! But, said Raba, it is this that was meant: If one said concerning a child among [his] sons [that] he was the firstborn, he is to be trusted,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though another son was the reputed firstborn. ');">⁵</span> in accordance [with the view of] R. Judah;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Supra 127b. ');">⁶</span>

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