Commentary for Yevamot 4:12

אלא בתו כיון דאתיא מדרשא חביבא ליה

HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW should have been mentioned<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the list. ');">¹⁶</span> first, since [Scripture] enunciated the principle of burning in the case of a mother-in-law.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XX, 14. ');">²²</span> And, furthermore, HIS DAUGHTER-IN-LAW should have come<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'let him teach'. ');">¹⁵</span> immediately after HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW, since, next to burning, stoning<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The penalty for intercourse with one's daughter-in-law. V. Sanh. 53a. ');">²³</span> is the severest penalty! — But [this in fact is the proper reply]: Since [the prohibition of intercourse with] 'HIS DAUGHTER'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., born as a result of outrage. V. supra p. 1, n. 6. ');">²⁴</span> has been arrived at by exposition<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. infra. ');">²⁵</span> it is given preference.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'beloved to him'. ');">²⁶</span>

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