Talmud Bavli
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Jewish%20thought for Berakhot 10:3

תנא ליה ההוא סבא משום ר' שמעון בן יוחאי אתיא עון עון כתיב הכא בחסד ואמת יכופר עון וכתיב התם (ירמיהו לב, יח) ומשלם עון אבות אל חיק בניהם.

A certain Elder taught in the name of R. Simeon b. Johai : It is to be derived from the occurrence of the same word 'awon "iniquity" in the following passages : "By mercy and truth iniquity is expiated" (ibid. xvi. 6) and "Who recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children" (Jer. xxxii. 18).

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