Commentary for Bava Batra 348:11

לסוף איגלאי מילתא דכהן הוא אמר אביי היינו דאמרי אינשי בתר עניא אזלא עניותא

an Israelite,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who knows the law that before calling upon the guarantor to pay, the creditor must first approach the debtor. Hence it is possible that valuables might have been deposited with him by the debtor. ');">³⁰</span> but [in the case of] a Gentile, since he [invariably] goes [for payment] to the guarantor<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra 173b. ');">³¹</span> [the possibility that] bundles [of valuables were deposited with the creditor] need not be taken into consideration.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As the debtor well knows that the gentile would, in any case, exact payment from the guarantor, who would not entrust him with any valuables which would only enable the gentile to collect the debt twice. ');">³²</span>

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