He leaves no offspring or descendant among his people, nor any survivor in his dwellings.
Leviticus 20:20 - The Scriptures 2009 ‘And a man who lies with his uncle’s wife: he has uncovered his uncle’s nakedness, they bear their sin, they die childless. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And if a man shall lie carnally with his uncle's wife, he has uncovered his uncle's nakedness; they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless [not literally, but in a legal sense]. American Standard Version (1901) And if a man shall lie with his uncle’s wife, he hath uncovered his uncle’s nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless. Common English Bible If a man has sexual intercourse with his aunt, he has uncovered his uncle’s nakedness. The man and the aunt will be liable to punishment; they will die childless. Catholic Public Domain Version If any man has had sexual intercourse with the wife of his paternal or maternal uncle, and he has uncovered the shame of his close relative, both shall bear their sin. They shall die without children. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If any man lie with the wife of his uncle by the father, or of his uncle by the mother, and uncover the shame of his near akin, both shall bear their sin. They shall die without children. |
He leaves no offspring or descendant among his people, nor any survivor in his dwellings.
Let his descendants be cut off, Their name be blotted out in the next generation.
“Thus said יהוה, ‘Write this man down as childless, a strong man who is not to prosper in his days, for none of his descendants shall prosper, sitting on the throne of Dawiḏ, or rule any more in Yehuḏah.’ ”
‘The nakedness of your father’s brother you do not uncover, you do not approach his wife, she is your aunt.
‘And a man who takes his brother’s wife: it is uncleanness, he has uncovered his brother’s nakedness, they are childless.
יהוה has done this for me, in the days when He looked upon me, to take away my reproach among men.
And they had no child, because Elisheḇa was barren, and both were advanced in years.
“For look, days are coming in which they shall say, ‘Blessed are the barren, and wombs that never bore, and the breasts which never nursed!’