Quoting%20commentary for Avodah Zarah 11:4

והשתא דנפקא ליה מאתך לחיות זרע ל"ל אי מאתך הוה אמינא לצוותא בעלמא ואפילו זקן ואפילו סריס כתב רחמנא זרע

Now that we deduce this from the phrase “with you”, why do we need the phrase “to keep seed alive?” If it had just said, “with you” I might have thought that the purpose was just to keep him company, even if they be old or neutered, therefore the Torah wrote “seed.”

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