Quoting%20commentary for Bava Batra 235:6

אמר אביי שמע מינה לא הוה חד דלא שקיל דאי סלקא דעתך הוה חד דלא שקיל איבעי ליה למצווח וכי תימא דצווח ואהני כתביה קרא דצווח ולא אהני לא כתביה קרא הא בני יוסף דצווחי ולא אהני וכתבינהו קרא

Abaye said: From this it is to be inferred [that there was not [even] one who did not receive [a share in the land]. For, should it enter your mind [to say that] there was one who did not receive [a share], would he not have complained?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And since Scripture does not record any such complaints, other than those of the daughters of Zelophehad and the children of Joseph, it must be concluded that, with these exceptions, all received their shares and had, therefore, no cause for complaint. ');">¹⁰</span> And if it be said that Scripture recorded [the case of him only] who complained and benefited, but did not record [the case of anyone] who complained and did not benefit, [it may be retorted]: The children of Joseph, surely, complained and did not benefit, and [yet] Scripture recorded their case. There,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The case of the children of Joseph. ');">¹¹</span>

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