Jewish%20thought for Yevamot 123:17

רב הונא אמר קיים משום דרב אסי דאמר רב אסי אין בן דוד בא עד שיכלו כל נשמות שבגוף שנאמר (ישעיהו נז, טז) כי רוח מלפני יעטוף וגו' ורבי יוחנן אמר לא קיים פריה ורביה לשבת יצרה בעינן והא ליכא

An objection was raised: Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' II Sam. IX, 10. Ziba was a slave (v. ibid. 9) and yet he is described as having sons. ');">⁴¹</span> — R. Aba b. Jacob replied: Like a young bullock.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H], lit., 'a bullock the son of a herd'. The expression of son in the case of the slave Ziba had no greater significance than the expression of 'son' in the case of cattle. ');">⁴²</span> If so, [the same reply could be given] there also!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the description of Berodach in II Kings XX, 12. ');">⁴³</span>

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