Bava Batra 110a (קי.) — the Talmud in English

Rather,

he was a descendant of both, and

if his mother's father was descended from Joseph and his mother's mother from Jethro, or if his mother's father was descended from Jethro and his mother's mother from Joseph .

This is also precise, as it is written: “from the daughters of Putiel,” indicating two. [Two “pituyim,” one who flattered and one who fattened.]

Conclude from here

that it is as we said: he was a descendant of Jethro and Joseph.

Rava said: One who marries a woman should examine her brothers.

Since most sons resemble their mother's brothers.

As it is stated: “And Aaron took Elisheva, daughter of Amminadav, sister of Nahshon.”

And we raised an objection to this:

From the fact that it is stated “daughter of Amminadav,” do I not know that she was Nahshon's sister?

Why, then, does the verse state “sister of Nahshon”?

From here: One who marries a woman should examine her brothers.

And since she was the sister of Nahshon, who was the prince of Judah, he therefore married her.

The tanna taught: Most sons resemble their mother's brothers .

The Gemara returns to explain the episode of Jonathan ben Gershom, who served as a priest for idolatry for Micah:

It is stated there:

“They turned in there and said to him: Who brought you here, and what are you doing in this place, and what do you have here?”

This is difficult, since seemingly they asked him three identical questions .

And the Gemara explains: “Who brought you here?”

They said to him: Did you not come from Moses, concerning whom it is written, “Do not come any nearer here”? “

What are you doing in this place?”

Did you not come from Moses, concerning whom it is written, “What is that in your hand”? “

What do you have here?”

Did you not come from Moses, concerning whom it is written, “But you, stand here with Me”—that you should become a priest for idolatry?

He said to them: This is what I have received as a tradition from the house of my grandfather's father: A person should always hire himself out for idolatry, and should not become dependent on other people.

And he

(Jonathan ben Gershom)

thought

that it was permitted to hire himself out

to actual idolatry.

But this is not so! Rather, idolatry

means

work that is foreign to him.

Work that is beneath his dignity. But it contains no prohibition.

As Rav said to Rav Kahana: Abandon a carcass in the marketplace and take payment, and do not say, “I am an eminent man, and this matter is beneath me.”

[Pick up a carcass in the marketplace and take payment with which to support yourself. Do not say, “I am an important person, and it is unbecoming for me to engage in such contemptible work.”]

When David saw

that money was exceedingly dear to him, he appointed him over the treasuries.

As it is stated: “And Shebuel son of Gershom son of Manasseh

was appointed over the treasuries.”

Was Shebuel his name? Was his name not Jonathan?

Rabbi Yohanan said: It means that he returned to God with all his heart .

We learned in the Mishna:

“And the sons

inherit and bequeath”.

This indicates that a son precedes a daughter with regard to inheritance .

The Gemara explains:

From where

do we know that a son precedes a daughter in inheriting from his father?

As it is written: “If a man dies

and has no son, you shall transfer his inheritance to his daughter”

etc.

And the Gemara infers from the wording of the verse:

The reason

the verse states that the daughter inherits is

that he has no son. But if he has a son, the son precedes

the daughter.

Rav Pappa said to Abaye: Say

[Perhaps the verse means]

if there is a son, let the son inherit

[let him inherit],

and if there is a daughter, let the daughter inherit.

If there is both a son and a daughter, neither this one should inherit nor that one should inherit.