Commentary for Yevamot 108:25

מותר בראשונה ובשלישית ובחמישית ופוטרות צרותיהן ואסור בשניה וברביעית ואין ביאת אחת מהן פוטרת צרתה

and not maternal, whence does he derive it? Raba replied: It is arrived at by a comparison between the words 'His uncle' [in two passages]: Here it is written, He hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. X, 20. ');">⁵⁹</span> and there it is written, Or his uncle or his uncle's son may redeem him,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. XXV, 49. ');">⁶⁰</span> as there he must be paternal and not [necessarily] maternal<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As will be shewn anon. ');">⁶¹</span>

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