Quoting%20commentary for Bava Batra 229:9
<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> תנו רבנן בן אין לי אלא בן בן הבן או בת הבן או בן בת הבן מנין תלמוד לומר אין לו עיין עליו
THIS IS THE GENERAL RULE: THE LINEAL DESCENDANTS OF ANY ONE WITH A PRIORITY TO SUCCESSION<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If he predeceased them. ');"><sup>29</sup></span> TAKE PRECEDENCE. A FATHER TAKES PRECEDENCE OVER ALL HIS DESCENDANTS.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the brothers and sisters of his deceased son, and their descendants. He has, however, no claim at all if his deceased son is survived by his own sons or daughters or any of their lineal descendants. ');"><sup>30</sup></span> <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. Our Rabbis taught: [It is written,] son,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XXVII. 8. ');"><sup>31</sup></span> [from which] one only learns that<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'I only have'. ');"><sup>32</sup></span>
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