Commentary for Bava Batra 317:3

אלא אי קשיא הא קשיא בן בכור שמכר חלק בכורה בחיי אביו ומת בחיי אביו בנו מוציא מיד הלקוחות וזו היא שקשה בדיני ממונות אבוה מזבין איהו מפיק וכי תימא הכא נמי אמר מכח אבוה דאבא קאתינא אי מכח אבוה דאבא קא אתיא בחלק בכורה מאי עבידתיה

not<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'perhaps'. ');">⁹</span> reply. 'I succeed to the rights of the father of [my] father'?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And not to those of his father. As the Torah conferred upon a son the right to inherit from his father so it has also conferred upon the son's son the right to inherit from his grandfather. Hence, the inheritance has passed directly from the grandfather to the grandson who should, therefore, be entitled to seize the estate which has never come into the possession of his father who, consequently, had no right to sell it. ');">¹⁰</span> You may know [that such a plea is justified] for it is written, Instead of thy fathers shall be thy sons, whom thou shalt make princes in all the land.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. XLV, 17. This proves that a person's son takes the place of his father, i.e., the grandson succeeds his grandfather. ');">¹¹</span> If, however, [a message was sent to which] objection [is to be raised, it may be] the following:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'that (is) a difficulty'. But the message in the form given supra, as explained, presents no difficulty at all. ');">¹²</span>

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