If [there is] a manwholieswith his uncle'swifehe has uncoveredhis uncle'snakedness;they will beartheir sin.They will diechildless.
"He has nooffspringor posterityamong his people,Norany survivorwherehe sojourned.
Let his posteritybe cutoff;In a followinggenerationlet their namebe blottedout.
"Thussaysthe LORD,'Writethismandownchildless,A manwho will not prosperin his days;For nomanof his descendantswill prosperSittingon the throneof DavidOr rulingagainin Judah.'"
You shall not uncoverthe nakednessof your father'sbrother;you shall not approachhis wife,she is your aunt.
If [there is] a manwhotakeshis brother'swife,it is abhorrent;he has uncoveredhis brother'snakedness.They will be childless.
"This is the waythe Lordhas dealtwith me in the dayswhenHe looked[with favor] upon [me], to take awaymy disgraceamongmen."
But they hadnochild,becauseElizabethwas barren,and they were bothadvancedin years.
"For behold,the daysare comingwhenthey will say,Blessedare the barren,and the wombsthat neverbore,and the breaststhat nevernursed.'
