Related%20passage for Yevamot 130:5

אדרבה וכבשוה תרתי משמע אמר רב נחמן בר יצחק וכבשה כתיב רב יוסף אמר מהכא (בראשית לה, יא) אני אל שדי פרה ורבה ולא קאמר פרו ורבו

<b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. Whence is this<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That only the man, and not the woman, is subject to the duty of propagation. ');">¹¹</span> deduced? R. Ile'a replied in the name of R. Eleazar son of R. Simeon: Scripture stated, And replenish the earth, and subdue it;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gen. I, 28. ');">¹²</span> it is the nature of a man to subdue but it is not the nature of a woman to subdue. On the contrary! And subdue it<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] ibid. ');">¹³</span>

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