## Bava Batra Daf 116b

###### Bava Batra 116b:1
[Bava Batra 116b:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/116b:1)

אַגַּב חוּרְפֵּיהּ לָא עַיֵּין בָּהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: **Due to his keen** mind, **he did not analyze** the mishna carefully.


###### Bava Batra 116b:2
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בָּעֵי רָמֵי בַּר חָמָא: אֲבִי הָאָב וְאָחִיו – כְּגוֹן אַבְרָהָם וְיַעֲקֹב בְּנִכְסֵי עֵשָׂו, אֵיזֶה מֵהֶן קוֹדֵם? אֲמַר רָבָא, תָּא שְׁמַע: הָאָב קוֹדֵם לְכׇל יוֹצְאֵי יְרֵיכוֹ. וְרָמֵי בַּר חָמָא – יוֹצְאֵי יְרֵיכוֹ שֶׁלּוֹ, וְלֹא יוֹצְאֵי יְרֵיכוֹ שֶׁל בְּנוֹ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rami bar Ḥama raised a dilemma:** With regard to the claim of **a father of the** deceased’s **father and** the claim of the deceased’s **brother, such as** the claims of **Abraham and Jacob to the property of Esau,** who was Abraham’s grandson and Jacob’s brother, **which of them precedes** the other and inherits the property? **Rava said: Come** and **hear** a proof from the mishna: **A father precedes all of his descendants,** therefore, Abraham would inherit, as Jacob was his descendant. The Gemara asks: **And** why did **Rami bar Ḥama** have a dilemma; presumably, he was aware of the statement of the mishna? The Gemara answers: Rami bar Ḥama understood that the mishna teaches that a father **precedes** only **his own** immediate **descendants, but not the descendants of his son.**


###### Bava Batra 116b:3
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הָכִי נָמֵי מִסְתַּבְּרָא, דְּקָתָנֵי: זֶה הַכְּלָל, כׇּל הַקּוֹדֵם בַּנַּחֲלָה – יוֹצְאֵי יְרֵיכוֹ קוֹדְמִין; וְאִילּוּ אִיתֵיהּ לְיִצְחָק – יִצְחָק קוֹדֵם, הַשְׁתָּא נָמֵי דְּלֵיתֵיהּ יִצְחָק – יַעֲקֹב קוֹדֵם; שְׁמַע מִינַּהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara notes that **so too, it is reasonable** to understand the mishna in that manner, **as it teaches: This is the principle: Anyone who precedes** another **with regard to inheritance, his descendants precede** the other as well. **And if Isaac were** alive, **Isaac** would **precede** Abraham and inherit Esau’s property. **Now, also, when Isaac is not** alive, **Jacob** should **precede** Abraham, because of the principle that the descendants of one who precedes another with regard to inheritance also precede the other. The Gemara affirms: **Conclude from** this clause of the mishna that the brother of the deceased precedes the grandfather.


###### Bava Batra 116b:4
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**מַתְנִי׳** בְּנוֹת צְלָפְחָד נָטְלוּ שְׁלֹשָׁה חֲלָקִים בַּנַּחֲלָה: חֵלֶק אֲבִיהֶן – שֶׁהָיָה עִם יוֹצְאֵי מִצְרַיִם, וְחֶלְקוֹ עִם אֶחָיו בְּנִכְסֵי חֵפֶר, וְשֶׁהָיָה בְּכוֹר נוֹטֵל שְׁנֵי חֲלָקִים.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** **Zelophehad’s daughters took three portions** of land **in** the **inheritance** of Eretz Yisrael: **Their father’s portion** that he received **because he was among those who left Egypt; and his portion** that he received **with his brothers in** the **property of Hepher,** their father; **and** an additional portion that he received from Hepher **because he was a firstborn,** and a firstborn **takes two portions** of inheritance from his father.