Commentary for Megillah 49:15

האומר ומזרעך לא תתן להעביר וכו': תנא דבי רבי ישמעאל בישראל הבא על הכותית והוליד ממנה בן לע"ז הכתוב מדבר:

If he says, [instead of] “And you shall not give any of your seed…”. In the school of R. Ishmael it was stated: The verse speaks of an Israelite who has intercourse with a Gentile woman and gives birth through a son for idolatry.

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