Commentary for Bava Batra 246:5

תנו רבנן הבכור נוטל פי שנים בזרוע ובלחיים ובקיבה ובמוקדשין ובשבח ששבחו נכסים לאחר מיתת אביהן

— He replied to him: He who taught you the Prophets did not teach you the Writings,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Hagiographa. ');">¹²</span> for it is written, As he went to Zicklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah and Jozabad and Jediael and Michael and Jozabad and Elihu, and Zillethai, captains of thousands that were of Manasseh.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I Chron. XII, 20. The victory of David was accordingly due to the help he received from the men of Manasseh who descended from Joseph. ');">¹³</span> R. Joseph raised an objection; And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to Mount Seir, having for their captains Palatiah and Neariah, and Raphaiah and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi. And they smote the remnant of the Amalekites that escaped, and dwelt there unto this day!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. IV, 42f. This proves that Esau's seed fell also into the hands of the descendants of Simeon. How, then, could it be said that only Joseph's descendants could overcome Esau's seed? ');">¹⁴</span>

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