Commentary for Yevamot 119:3

אלמא סופה להיות בוגרת תחתיו סופה להיות מוכת עץ תחתיו הכא נמי סופה להיות בעולה תחתיו קשיא:

[she should be permitted to live with him because] ultimately she would have become a be'ulah by living with<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'under'. ');">⁷</span> him! — This is a difficulty. 'He shall not marry a woman whom another man has outraged or seduced. If he did marry her, the child, said R. Eliezer<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cur. edd., 'Eleazar' is apparently a misprint. ');">⁹</span> b.Jacob, is profaned; but the Sages said: The child is fit'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Supra 59b. ');">¹⁰</span>

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