9. Rabbi Elazar said to him, And why DOES HE DIE? Let the Holy One, blessed be He, separate them from each other and let him WHO IS HER MATE come and marry her. He replied, It is for the good of man, and He does kindly by him, so he will not see his wife under someone else's authority. Come and see, if he, HER MATE, is not of fitting deeds, then even if the woman is his, NEVERTHELESS the other is not rejected, WHO IS NOT HER MATE, from before him.
9. א"ל ר"א, וַאֲמָאי, יַפְרִישׁ לוֹן קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, וְיֵיתֵי אַחֲרָא וְיָהִיב לֵיהּ. אָמַר לֵיהּ דָּא הוּא תּוֹעַלְתָּא דְּבַר נָשׁ, וְטִיבוּ דְּעָבֵיד עִמֵּיהּ, דְּלָא יֶחֱמֵי אִתְּתֵיהּ בִּידָא אַחֲרָא. ות"ח, אִי הַאי לָא כַּשְׁרָן עוֹבָדוֹי, אע"ג דְּדִילֵיהּ הִיא הַהִיא אִתְּתָא, לָא אִתְדְּחֵי הַאי אַחֲרָא מִקַּמֵּיהּ.