Midrash for Bava Batra 253:4
מיתיבי המפלת טומטום ואנדרוגינוס תשב לזכר ולנקיבה תיובתי' דרב שרביא תיובתא
for Scripture said, <i>If a woman be delivered, and bear a man-child, then she shall be unclean seven days</i> [which implies that she is not unclean]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The period of seven days. V. ibid. v. 2. ');"><sup>12</sup></span> unless he<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. note 7, supra. ');"><sup>13</sup></span> was a <i>male</i> at<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'from'. ');"><sup>9</sup></span> the time of [his] birth.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The emphasis is on 'man-child, then she shall be unclean'. ');"><sup>14</sup></span>
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