Related%20passage for Kiddushin 59:1

הוה אמינא לשטן גירא בעיניך א"ל רבא לר' נתן בר אמי אדידך על צוארי דבריך משיתסר ועד עשרים ותרתי ואמרי לה מתמני סרי עד עשרים וארבעה

I would have said to Satan, An arrow in your eye.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I defy you! being absolutely free from impure thoughts. In the Bible, Satan has the general connotation of adversary (v. I Kings V, 18; I Sam. XXIX, 4; Ps. CIX, 4) , and at first he is not regarded as a distinct being. In Job, however, he does appear so, viz., as the celestial prosecutor; but even then, he cannot act independently, but requires God's permission. It is only later that he appears as an independent agent (I Chron. XXI, 2) . The early portions of the Talmud mention him very rarely. but gradually belief in him spread. the popular concepts possibly forcing their way upwards from the lower classes. V. J.E. art. Satan.');">¹</span> Raba said to R'Nathan B'Ammi: Whilst your hand is yet upon your son's neck,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' While you have yet power and influence over him.');">²</span> [marry him], viz. , between sixteen and twenty-two. Others state, Between eighteen and twenty-four.

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