Midrash for Bava Batra 253:3
רב שרביא אמר אף אין אמו טמאה לידה דאמר קרא אשה כי תזריע וילדה זכר וטמאה שבעת ימים עד שיהא זכר משעת לידה
[which implies that] he must be<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. note 7. ');"><sup>8</sup></span> a <i>male</i> at<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'from'. ');"><sup>9</sup></span> the time of [his] <i>birth</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since Scripture states, man-child …' shall be circumcised'. ');"><sup>10</sup></span> R. Sherabya said: Nor is his mother [levitically] unclean [on account] of [his] birth;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Lev. XII, 2 and 5. ');"><sup>11</sup></span>
Sifrei Devarim
"and the first-born": and not one whose first-born status is in doubt.
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