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The Gemara asks: Is this to say that for him a daughter is preferable to a son? But this seems to contradict what Rabbi Yoḥanan says in the name of Rabbi Shimon ben Yoḥai: With regard to anyone who does not leave behind a son to inherit from him, the Holy One, Blessed be He, is filled with wrath upon him, as it is stated:
“If a man dies, and has no son, then you shall cause his inheritance to pass [veha’avartem] to his daughter” (Numbers 27:8). The term ha’avara means nothing other than wrath.
Citing Reb Yehudah’s interpretation of Gen 24:1:
“And Abraham was old, well stricken in age; and the Lord had blessed Abraham with everything [bakkol]”
Rabbi Meir says: The blessing was that he did not have a daughter.
Rabbi Yehuda says: The blessing was that he had a daughter, and her name was Bakkol. Evidently, Rabbi Yehuda understands the birth of a daughter to be a blessing.
We explore the midrashim regarding Avraham.