פירוש על ברכות 35:3

In contradiction to the inference drawn from our Mishnah.

Not to the mourner who eats in another room or in a neighbour's house ; thus the Baraita presents no contradiction.

Rejecting Rab Pappa's solution, Rab Ashe declares that "lying before him" is not to be understood literally, but means the duty of burial is still his.

When he said "before me," Abraham was addressing the sons of Heth and was not in the actual presence of the body.