Translation:Mishnah/Seder Nashim/Tractate Kiddushin/Chapter 3/12

Note
In the Vilna edition of the Mishnah, this text is part of mishnah 11. The mishnah 12 of the Vilna edition appears here as mishnah 13.

Hebrew Text

 * קידשתי את בתך,
 * והיא אומרת לא קידשת אלא אותי —
 * אסור בקרובות קטנה,
 * וקטנה מותרת בקרוביו;
 * ומותר בקרובות גדולה,
 * וגדולה אסורה בקרוביו.

English Translation

 * [One who says to a woman,] "I betrothed your daughter,"
 * and she says, "you betrothed none other than myself" —
 * the relatives of the younger one are forbidden to him,
 * and his relatives are permitted to the younger one;
 * the relatives of the older one are permitted to him,
 * and his relatives are forbidden to the older one.



Explanation
משנה קידושין ג יב