Commentary for Yevamot 123:8

תניא אידך ר' נתן אומר ב"ש אומרים זכר ונקבה ובה"א או זכר או נקבה אמר רבא מ"ט דר' נתן אליבא דב"ה שנא' (ישעיהו מה, יח) לא תהו בראה לשבת יצרה והא עבד לה שבת

[which<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H], (the sign of the defined accusative) which could be omitted (as in many other instances), appearing both before brother and before Abel. ');">²⁰</span> implies:] Abel and his sister; Cain and his sister.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Two males and two females. ');">²¹</span> And it is also written, For God hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Obviously to make up the minimum. ');">²²</span>

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