Commentary for Yevamot 190:6

ואלא כי היכי דאשת גיסו אסירא אשתו נמי אסירא התינח כל שפוסל כל שאינו פוסל מאי עבידתיה

If it be suggested that while the first Tanna implied that 'Where a man's wife and his brother-in-law<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' His wife's sister's husband. ');">²⁰</span> went to a country beyond the sea,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And they both returned after be had married his wife's sister on the strength of the evidence of one witness who testified that they were both dead. ');">²¹</span> the wife of his brother- in-law is forbidden,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To her husband, his brother-in-law. ');">²²</span> though his own wife is permitted',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To him. ');">²³</span>

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