Mesorat%20hashas for Yevamot 45:5

ומה ראית מסתברא חייבי כריתות הוה ליה לרבות שכן תפסי בהן קדושין לעלמא

the All Merciful said, 'She is thy sister'. Will you suggest [that what is meant is]: Whether your father is told, 'You may keep her' or whether your father is told, 'Let her go'. the All Merciful said, 'She is thy sister', to include his sister from a slave and a heathen! — Scripture stated, The father's wife's daughter,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XVIII, 11. ');">¹³</span> only she with whom your father can enter into marital relationship, but a sister from a slave or a heathen is excluded.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since betrothal or marriage with either is invalid. ');">¹⁴</span>

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