Quoting%20commentary for Bava Batra 237:2

אמר מר והבנים נטלו בזכות אבי אביהם ובזכות אבי אמותיהן והתניא בזכות עצמן לא קשיא הא כמאן דאמר ליוצאי מצרים הא כמאן דאמר לבאי הארץ

the land of Israel was [regarded even before the conquest, as if it had already been] in the possession of Israel.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A firstborn son takes a double portion of that only which is in his father's actual possession at the time of his death, not from that to which he may become entitled after his death. ');">³</span> The Master stated: 'Their sons received [shares] by virtue of the rights of the fathers of their fathers and the rights of the fathers of their mothers'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Supra 117b. ');">⁴</span>

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