Commentary for Bekhorot 32:34

אפילו העמיד נמי דאורחיה דעובד כוכבים למיתפס בנה והוי כמי דלא העמיד ולדי ולדות פטורין וולדי ולדי ולדות חייבין

since it is the custom of the heathen to seize the offspring [failing the mother], it is as if he had not put the offspring [in place of their mothers].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And therefore I might have said that successive generations of offspring should always be exempted.');">¹⁵</span>

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