Leviticus
18:7
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.
a. NLT: “Do not violate your father by having sexual relations with
your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her.
b. NIV: “ ‘Do not
dishonor your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your
mother; do not have relations with her.
c. Amplified
Bible: 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.
d. Septuagint: Thou
shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother,
for she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
e. Stone Edition
Torah/Writings/Prophets: The nakedness of your father and the nakedness of your
mother you shall not uncover; she is your mother, you shall not uncover her
nakedness.
1. “The nakedness of thy father, or
the nakedness of thy mother…”
a. nakedness [6172
* ‘ervah][Strong: nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively
(disgrace, blemish):--nakedness, shame, unclean(-ness).][AMG Complete Word
Study Dictionary Old Testament: A feminine noun expressing nakedness. This word
scan pertain to physical nakedness of a man or woman (Genesis 9:22, 23; Exodus
20:26)…When used with the verb galah (1540), meaning to uncover or remove, and
ra’ah (7200), meaning to see, one finds a common euphemism for sexual
relations.]
b. father [1 *
‘ab][Strong: a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or
figurative and remote application):--chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony,
principal. Compare names in "Abi-".]
1). The only
example found in the Bible concerning father/daughter incest is found in
Genesis 19.
a). Genesis 19:30-38
And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters
with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his
two daughters.
19:31 And the
firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in
the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
19:32 Come, let us
make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed
of our father.
19:33 And they
made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay
with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
19:34 And it came
to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay
yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go
thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
19:35 And they
made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay
with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
19:36 Thus were
both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
19:37 And the
first born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the
Moabites unto this day.
19:38 And the
younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the
father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
c. mother [517 *
‘em][Strong: a primitive word; a mother (as the bond
of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like
1):--dam, mother, X parting.]
2. “…shalt thou not uncover:
she is thy mother;
thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.”
a. mother [517 *
‘em][Strong: a primitive word; a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide
sense (both literally and figuratively (like 1):--dam, mother, X parting.]
b. uncover [1540 *
galah][Strong; a primitive root; to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense);
by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to
reveal:--+ advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into
captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, X plainly,
publish, remove, reveal, X shamelessly, shew, X surely, tell, uncover.] .][AMG
Complete Word Study Dictionary Old Testament: A verb meaning to reveal, to
uncover, to remove, go into exile, to expose, to disclose. It is used with the
words ear (1 Samuel 9:15; 20:2, 12, 13) and eyes (Numbers 24:4), meaning to
reveal. On occasion, it is used in the expression to uncover the nakedness of,
which often implies sexual relations.]
c. nakedness [6172
* ‘ervah][Strong: nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively
(disgrace, blemish):--nakedness, shame, unclean(-ness).][AMG Complete Word
Study Dictionary Old Testament: A feminine noun expressing nakedness. This word
scan pertain to physical nakedness of a man or woman (Genesis9:22, 23; Exodus
20:26)…When used with the verb galah (1540), meaning to uncover or remove, and
ra’ah (7200), meaning to see, one finds a common euphemism for sexual
relations.]
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