Commentary for Sanhedrin 116:17

א"ר חנינא עובד כוכבים שהכה את ישראל חייב מיתה שנאמר (שמות ב, יב) ויפן כה וכה וירא כי אין איש [ויך את המצרי] וגו'

R. Eleazar said in R. Hanina's name: If a heathen had an unnatural connection with his wife, he incurs guilt; for it is written, <font><i>and he shall cleave</i>, which excludes unnatural intercourse</font>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' His wife derives no pleasure from this, and hence there is no cleaving. ');">¹⁸</span>

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