Commentary for Yevamot 155:2

הרי ממזר דאי וכתביה קרא דאי לאיסורא כתב דאי להיתרא לא כתב

would not have written of a case of 'when'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., of a possibility that a person might transgress and thus produce a generation that will be fit. ');">⁵</span> Behold the case of the bastard which is one of 'when'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The assumption of a bastard's birth is dependent on the possibility that someone will commit an offence. ');">⁶</span> and yet Scripture did write it!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 3. ');">⁷</span> — It wrote of a 'when' [leading] to a prohibition;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The case of the bastard was stated in order to forbid his entry into the assembly. ');">⁸</span>

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