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Leviticus 18:8

The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father’s nakedness.

KJV

Turpitudinem uxoris patris tui non discooperies : turpitudo enim patris tui est.

Vulgate

ἀσχημοσύνην γυναικὸς πατρός σου οὐκ ἀποκαλύψεις· ἀσχημοσύνη πατρός σού ἐστιν.

LXX

The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover; it is thy father’s nakedness.

ASV

עֶרְוַ֥ת אֵֽשֶׁת אָבִ֖י/ךָ לֹ֣א תְגַלֵּ֑ה עֶרְוַ֥ת אָבִ֖י/ךָ הִֽוא

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
עֶרְוַ֥ת
'rvt
noun · 54×
תְגַלֵּ֑ה
tglh
verb · 185×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§2388Incest designates intimate relations between relatives or in-laws within a degree that prohibits marriage between them.180 St. Paul stigmatizes this especially grave offense: "It is actually reported that there is immorality among you . . . for a man is living with his father's wife.... In the name of the Lord Jesus ... you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction o…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 5:1 — It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife.
  • 1Cor 5:1 — It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife.
  • 2Sam 16:21 — And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father’s concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all
  • Amos 2:7 — That 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:
  • Deut 22:30 — A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor discover his father’s skirt.
  • Deut 22:30 — A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor discover his father’s skirt.
  • Deut 27:20 — Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife; because he uncovereth his father’s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
  • Deut 27:20 — Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife; because he uncovereth his father’s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
  • Gen 35:22 — And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
  • Gen 49:4 — Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
  • Lev 20:11 — And the man that lieth with his father’s wife hath uncovered his father’s nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.