Commentary for Kiddushin 35:2

רב חייא בר אבין א"ר יוחנן עובד כוכבים יורש את אביו דבר תורה דכתיב (דברים ב, ה) כי ירושה לעשו נתתי את הר שעיר ודלמא ישראל מומר שאני אלא מהכא (דברים ב, ט) כי לבני לוט נתתי את ער ירושה

Yet perhaps an apostate Israelite is different?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Esau having been such. - Though all people, including Abraham and his descendants, were accounted as Noachides until the Revelation, and thus not subject to Jewish law (cf. Sanh. p. 384, n. 6) , it would appear that this was not held to apply to inheritance, probably because Palestine itself was given to the Jews as a heritage from Abraham.');">3 - But [it follows] from this: Because I have given Are unto the children of Lot as a heritage.4

Daf Shevui to Kiddushin

The fact that God uses the word inheritance in the context of Esau’s descendants implies to R. Hiyya b. Abin, that non-Jews inherit from their father’s from biblical law.

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Daf Shevui to Kiddushin

The problem with Esau is that it is unclear whether he is considered a Gentile or an apostate Israelite. After all, his father was Jacob. Lot, on the other hand, is clearly not from Abraham’s line and therefore the fact that his descendants receive an inheritance proves that Gentiles inherit from their fathers.

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