Commentary for Sanhedrin 138:16

אלא דרך חכמתן קא חשיב להו הכא נמי דרך חכמתן קא חשיב להו

then here too [in the case of Terah's sons], they are stated in order of wisdom. R. Kahana said: I repeated this discussion before R. Zebid of Nahardea. Thereupon he said to me: You deduce [that the order is according to wisdom] from these verses, but we deduce it from the following: Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even unto him were children born;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. X, 21. ');">²⁹</span>

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