Quoting%20commentary for Yevamot 34:8

ואי כתב רחמנא יחדו הוה אמינא דמייחדי באבא ובאמא צריכא

and yet 'brethren' also was written. Hence it must be inferred that the word was made available for the deduction.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'to make it vacant. ');">²³</span> It was necessary for Scripture to write brethren,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. xxv, 5. ');">²⁴</span> and it was also necessary to write together.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. xxv, 5. ');">²⁴</span> For had the All Merciful written 'brethren' only, it might have been suggested that this 'brotherhood' should be deduced from the 'brotherhood' in the case of Lot. And were you to reply that [the analogous word],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the case of Lot. ');">²⁵</span>

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