1
Reading of the Rome ms., Genizah fragments, and the parallel to this paragraph in Midrash Bereshit rabba. The Leyden ms. and Venice print have רב נחמן. The name of an Amora is impossible in a tannaïtic disgreement.
2
Reading of the Rome manuscript. The Venice text has לו.
3
Reading of the Rome manuscript. Venice print: כהדין.
4
Reading of the Rome manuscript. The Leyden manuscript and Venice print have again “R. Joshua”.