Related%20passage for Eruvin 101:2

חשכה לביתו אבל לעיקרו של אילן מצי אזיל איכא דאמרי אמר רבא חשכה לו כי מסגי קלי קלי אבל רהיט מטי

Said Abaye to him: Was it not in fact stated: 'WAS OVERTAKEN BY DUSK'?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Presumably at the time he appointed the place from a distance. How then could he possibly reach it before dusk?');">⁵</span> - [The meaning is that] he was overtaken by dusk as far as his house was concerned;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., he could not reach his house before dusk, even by running.');">⁶</span> the root of the tree, however, he could<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Were he to run.');">⁷</span> well reach before dusk.

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