So he turned aside to her along the way and said, “Please let me sleep with you” (for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law). “What,” she asked, “will you give me to sleep with me?”
Leviticus 20:12 - Tree of Life Version If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them should surely be put to death. They have committed a perversion, and their blood should be on them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And if a man lies carnally with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death; they have wrought confusion, perversion, and defilement; their blood shall be upon their own heads. American Standard Version (1901) And if a man lie with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them. Common English Bible If a man has sexual intercourse with his daughter-in-law, both of them must be executed. They have acted perversely; their blood is on their own heads. Catholic Public Domain Version If any man will have slept with his daughter-in-law, both shall die, for they have acted according to wickedness. So let their blood be upon them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If any man lie with his daughter-in-law, let both die, because they have done a heinous crime. Their blood be upon them. |
So he turned aside to her along the way and said, “Please let me sleep with you” (for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law). “What,” she asked, “will you give me to sleep with me?”
“What kind of pledge shall I give you?” he asked. “Your seal, and your cord, and your staff in your hand,” she said. So he gave them to her and he slept with her, and she got pregnant by him.
But if the sun has risen, there is bloodguilt, and he is to make full restitution. If he has nothing, then he must be sold for his theft.
You are not to uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law, for she is your son’s wife. You are not to uncover her nakedness.
You are not to lie with any animal to defile yourself with it, nor is any woman to give herself to an animal, to lie down with it—that is a perversion.
“Cursed is the one who lies with his mother-in-law.’ Then all the people are to say, ‘Amen.’