Mesorat%20hashas for Eruvin 35:25

אמר רב זביד ואיתימא ר' ירמיה ואיתימא רב נחמן בר יצחק לא נצרכה אלא למקום חתך

but according to him who explained: 'A tail', what [could be the interpretation of] 'Male and female created He them'? - [The text was required] for [an explanation] like that of R'Abbahu. For R'Abbahu pointed out an incongruity: It is written in Scripture: Male and female created He them.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gen. V, 2.');">⁶²</span> Previously it is written: In the image of God created He him;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. I, 27, emphasis on him (sing.) .');">⁶³</span>

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