Mesorat%20hashas for Yevamot 33:4

איכא דאמרי כי אמריתה קמיה דשמואל א"ל לא זזו משם עד שעשאום עובדי כוכבים גמורים שנאמר (הושע ה, ז) בה' בגדו כי בנים זרים ילדו

in the presence of Samuel he said to me: Thy son,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Deut. VII, 4 and Kid. 68b. ');">¹³</span> implies that he who is descended from an Israelitish woman may be called thy son, but thy son who is descended from a heathen woman is not called thy son but her son.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., is regarded as a perfect heathen and his betrothal has no validity. ');">¹⁴</span> But, surely, there were also daughters,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of the ten tribes who married heathens. ');">¹⁵</span> and Rabina had said, 'From this it may be inferred that thy daughter's son born from [a union with] a heathen is called thy son'!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. infra 23a. The children of such unions, then, being deemed Israelites though unfit, should have the right of betrothal. How then could Samuel contend that they are deemed to be perfect heathens? (V. supra p. 91, n. 18). ');">¹⁶</span>

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