and then

<<said

<<“I do not

<<pay” —

<<what?

<<Do

<<we say

<<retracting,

<<he retracts

<<from it,

<<or

<<perhaps

<<by his word

<<he stands

<<and putting off

<<it is

<<that he

<<puts off

<<him?

If he said

<<“I hereby

<<pay”

<<and died,

<<and said

<<his sons:

<<“we do not

<<pay” —

<<what?

<<Do

<<we say

<<retracting,

<<they retract

<<from it,

<<or

<<perhaps

<<by the word

<<of their father

<<they stand,

<<and putting off

<<it is

<<that they

<<put off

<<him?

If paid

<<the sons —

<<what?

<<Can

<<he say

<<to them:

<<when

<<I transferred

<<the double payment —

<<to your father,

<<who did

<<for me

<<a satisfaction;

<<to you —

<<no;

<<or

<<perhaps

<<it makes no difference.

If he paid

<<the sons —

<<what?

<<Can

<<they say

<<to him:

<<when

<<transferred

<<to you

<<our father

<<the double payment —

<<because you did

<<for him

<<a satisfaction;

<<but

<<we —

<<for us

<<no;

<<or

<<perhaps

<<it makes no difference.

<<If paid

<<the sons

<<to the sons —

<<what?

If he paid

<<half —

<<what?

<<If he borrowed

<<two

<<cows

<<and paid

<<for one

<<of them —

<<what?

<<If he borrowed

<<from

<<partners

<<and paid

<<one

<<of them —

<<what?

<<Partners

<<who borrowed

<<and paid

<<one

<<of them —

<<what?

<<If he borrowed

<<from

<<a woman

<<and paid

<<her husband —

<<what?

<<A woman

<<who borrowed

<<and paid

<<her husband —

<<what?

<<Let it stand.

Rav Huna said:

<<they make swear

<<him

<<an oath

<<that it is not

<<in his possession.

<<What is the reason?

<<We are concerned

<<lest

<<his eyes

<<he set

<<on it.

They raised an objection:

<<one who lends

<<to his fellow

<<against

<<a pledge,

<<and was lost

<<the pledge,

<<and he said

<<to him:

<<a sela

<<I lent you

<<against it,

<<a shekel

<<it was

<<worth;

<<and the other

<<says:

<<not so,

<<but

<<a sela

<<you lent me

<<against it,

<<a sela

<<it was

<<worth —

<<he is exempt.

A sela

<<I lent you

<<against it,

<<a shekel

<<it was

<<worth;

<<and the other

<<says:

<<not so,

<<but

<<a sela

<<you lent me

<<against it,

<<three

<<dinars

<<it was

<<worth —

<<he is liable.

A sela

<<you lent me

<<against it,

<<two

<<it was

<<worth;

<<and the other

<<says:

<<not so,

<<but

<<a sela

<<I lent you

<<against it,

<<a sela

<<it was

<<worth —

<<he is exempt.

A sela

<<you lent me

<<against it,

<<two

<<it was

<<worth;

<<and the other

<<says:

<<not so,

<<but

<<a sela

<<I lent you

<<against it,

<<five

<<dinars

<<it was

<<worth —

<<he is liable.

Who

<<swears?

<<The one

<<with whom the deposit

<<is,

<<lest

<<swear

<<this one

<<and produce

<<the other

<<the deposit.

On which?

<<If we say

<<on the latter clause —

<<but derive

<<it

<<that the oath

<<with

<<the lender

<<it is,

<<for indeed

<<he

<<admits

<<part of

<<the claim!

<<Rather,

<<Shmuel said:

<<on the first clause.

What is

<<“on the first clause”?

<<On the latter part

<<of the first clause:

<<a sela

<<I lent you

<<against it,

<<a shekel

<<it was

<<worth;

<<and the other

<<says:

<<not so,

<<but

<<a sela

<<you lent me

<<against it,

<<three

<<dinars

<<it was

<<worth —

<<he is liable.

<<For the oath

<<with

<<the borrower

<<it is,

<<and said

<<the Rabbis:

<<let swear

<<the lender,

<<lest

<<swear

<<this one

<<and produce

<<the other

<<the deposit.

And if