7The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
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And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
In thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.
The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness. …
And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-18)These laws relate to the seventh commandment, and, no doubt, are obligatory on us under the gospel, for they are consonant to the very light and law of nature: one of the articles, that of a man’s having his father’s wife, the apostle speaks of as a sin not so much as named among the Gentiles , 1 Cor. 5:1. Though some of the incests here forbidden were practised by some particular persons among th…
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