Reference for Kiddushin 24:1

לאו היינו דיהודית דביתהו דרבי חייא דהוית לה צער לידה אמרה ליה אמרה לי אם קיבל ביך אבוך קידושי כי זוטרת אמר לה לאו כל כמינה דאימך דאסרת ליך עילואי

For is this not comparable to the case of Judith, R'Hiyya's wife, who had severe travail in childbirth.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [She used to give birth to twins, v. Yeb. 65b.]');">¹</span> Said she to him: My mother told me: 'Your father accepted kiddushin on your behalf [from another man] when you were a child.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And therefore I am forbidden to you.');">²</span> He replied to her: It does not rest entirely with your mother to forbid you to me.

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