Quoting%20commentary for Yevamot 152:9

מצרי ואדומי אינם אסורים אלא עד שלשה דורות אחד זכרים ואחד נקבות ר"ש מתיר את הנקבות מיד א"ר שמעון ק"ו הדברים ומה אם במקום שאסר את הזכרים איסור עולם התיר את הנקבות מיד מקום שלא אסר את הזכרים אלא עד שלשה דורות אינו דין שנתיר את הנקבות מיד

But did he<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Saul. ');">²⁸</span> not know him? Surely it is written, And he loved him greatly; and he became his armour bearer!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I Sam. XVI, 21. ');">²⁹</span> — He rather made the inquiry concerning his father. But did he not know his father? Surely it is written, And the man was an old man in the days of Saul, stricken in years among them;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. XVII, 12. ');">³⁰</span> and Rab or, it might be said, R. Abba, stated that this referred to the father of David, Jesse. who came in with an army<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He was chief over six hundred thousand men (Rashi). ');">³¹</span>

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