Leviticus 18:17
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Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.You must not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sexual relations with her. They are close relatives; it is depraved.
In other translations
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.You must not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sexual relations with her. They are close relatives; it is depraved.
Hebrew words
עֶרְוַת'ervat[the] nakedness ofH6172אִשָּׁה'ishaha womanH802וּבִתָּהּuvitahand daughter herH1323לֹאlo'notH3808תְגַלֵּהtegalehyou will uncoverH1540אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853בַּת־bat-[the] daughter ofH1323בְּנָהּbenahson herH1121וְאֶת־ve'etand <obj.>H853בַּת־bat-[the] daughter ofH1323בִּתָּהּbitahdaughter herH1323לֹאlo'notH3808תִקַּחtikachyou will takeH3947לְגַלּוֹתlegalotto uncoverH1540עֶרְוָתָהּ'ervatahnakedness herH6172שַׁאֲרָהsha'arah[are] relative[s]H7608הֵנָּהhenahtheyH2007זִמָּהzimah[is] wickednessH2154הִואhi'itH1931
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Related verses
- Leviticus 20:14And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.If a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that there will be no depravity among you.
- Amos 2:7That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.
- Deuteronomy 27:23Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his mother-in-law.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
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