So let’s get our father drunk with wine. Then we can have sexual relations with him. That way we can use our father to keep our family alive!”
Leviticus 18:7 - Easy To Read Version “You must never have sexual relations with [313] your father or mother. This woman is your mother. So you must not have sexual relations with her. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The nakedness of your father, which is the nakedness of your mother, you shall not uncover; she is your mother; you shall not have intercourse with her. American Standard Version (1901) The nakedness of thy father, even the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. Common English Bible You must not uncover your father’s nakedness, which is your mother’s nakedness. She is your mother; you must not have sexual contact with her. Catholic Public Domain Version You shall not expose the nakedness of your father, or the nakedness of your mother. She is your mother; you shall not uncover her nakedness. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother: she is thy mother, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. |
So let’s get our father drunk with wine. Then we can have sexual relations with him. That way we can use our father to keep our family alive!”
In Jerusalem, people do sexual sins with their father’s wife. In Jerusalem, men rape women—even during their monthly time of bleeding.
“You must never have sexual relations with [312] your close relatives! I am the Lord.
If a man has sexual relations with his father’s wife, then both the man and the woman must be put to death. They are responsible for their own death. [353] It is as if that man had had sexual relations with his father! [354]
“It is a sexual sin if a man has sexual relations with a woman and her mother. The people must burn that man and the two women in fire! Don’t let this sexual sin happen among your people!
“{The Levites will say,} ‘Cursed is the person that has sexual relations with his father’s wife. [179] Why? Because he brings shame to his father [180] !’