Bava Batra

They said unto him, 'We are of the seed of Joseph over whom the evil eye has no power'. as it is written, Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a fountain,  and R. Abbahu said: Do not render,  'by the fountain,'  but 'those who transcend the eye'.  R. Jose son of R. Hanina said, [this  is inferred] from the following [verse]: And let them grow like fishes into a multitude in the midst of the earth.  [This means that] as the fishes in the sea are covered by the waters and no eye has any power over them, so, in the case of the seed of Joseph. no [evil] eye has [any] power over them. 'The share of the spies was taken by Joshua and Caleb'.  Whence is this  [derived]? — 'Ulla replied: [From] the Scriptural verse which states, But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive of those men.  What, [it may be asked, is meant by the expression.] 'remained alive'? If it means [that] they actually remained alive, surely another verse is already on record, [stating.] And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.  What, then [is meant by] 'remained alive'? They  lived  on  their  portion. 'The murmurers and the company of Korah had no share in the land'.  But has it not been taught [elsewhere]. 'Joshua and Caleb took the shares of the spies, of the murmurers and of the company of Korah'? — [This is] no difficulty: [one] Master compares the murmurers to the spies  [while] the other] Master does not compare the murmurers to the spies. For it was taught: Our father died in the wilderness.  refers to Zelophehad; and he was not among the company of them,  refers to the company of the spies; that gathered themselves together against the Lord,  refers to the murmurers; in the company of Korah,  bears the obvious meaning. [Thus, one] Master compares the murmurers to the spies  and [the other] Master does not. R. Papa further said to Abaye: But according to him who compares the murmurers to the spies, have Joshua and Caleb had [their shares] multiplied so [many times] that they inherited all the land of Israel?  — He said to him: We mean the murmurers in the company of Korah. R. Papa further said to Abaye: According to him who said that the land was divided in accordance with [the number of] those who came out of Egypt, it is correct for Scripture to state, And there fell tell parts to Manasseh.  [because] the six [parts] for [the] six houses of their fathers  and the four [parts] of these  are ten; but according to him who said that [the land was divided] in accordance with [the number of] those who entered the land. [the number of the Parts] would only have been eight. [since] six [parts] for the six fathers' houses and two  [parts] of theirs are [only] eight! — And according to your reasoning were there [not] nine  [parts only] even according to him who said [that the division was] in accordance with [the number of] those who came out of Egypt? All, however, you can say in reply  is [that] they had [also a share of] one brother of [their] father, here  [then] also, [it may be said that] they had [the shares of] two brothers of [their] father. For it was taught: Thou shalt surely give them a [possession of an inheritance],  refers to  the inheritance of their father; among their father's brethren,  refers to  the inheritance of their father's father; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them,  refers to  the portion of the birthright.  R. Eliezer b. Jacob said: They also took the share of their father's brother.  for it is said, Thou shalt surely give.  But according to him who said [that] they had two father's brothers?  — That  is deduced from, a possession of an inheritance. R. Papa further said to Abaye: Whom  does Scripture enumerate?  If children are enumerated, there were [surely] more [than ten];  if fathers' houses are enumerated. [these] were [only] six!