Quotation for Yevamot 130:5
אדרבה וכבשוה תרתי משמע אמר רב נחמן בר יצחק וכבשה כתיב רב יוסף אמר מהכא (בראשית לה, יא) אני אל שדי פרה ורבה ולא קאמר פרו ורבו
<b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. Whence is this<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That only the man, and not the woman, is subject to the duty of propagation. ');"><sup>11</sup></span> deduced? R. Ile'a replied in the name of R. Eleazar son of R. Simeon: Scripture stated, And replenish the earth, and subdue it;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gen. I, 28. ');"><sup>12</sup></span> it is the nature of a man to subdue but it is not the nature of a woman to subdue. On the contrary! And subdue it<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] ibid. ');"><sup>13</sup></span>
Haamek Davar on Genesis
If not I am dead. According to the Sages (Baba Basra 116a) a person who leaves offspring is not said to “die” but only to “lie down,” because he will still be remembered.
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