Reference for Yevamot 124:3

בני בנים הרי הם כבנים: סבר אביי למימר ברא לברא וברתא לברתא וכ"ש ברא לברתא אבל ברתא לברא לא א"ל רבא לשבת יצרה בעיא והא איכא

'Grandchildren are like children'. Abaye intended to say: A grandson for a son and a granddaughter for a daughter, and certainly a grandson for a daughter; but not a granddaughter for a son.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., a granddaughter cannot take the place of a son to exempt one from the duty of further propagation. ');">⁶</span> But Raba said to him: We only require [the fulfilment of the text] He formed it to be inhabited,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Isa. XLV, 18. ');">⁷</span> which is the case here.

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