Deuteronomy 27:20
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20 “ ‘Cursed be anyone who lies with his father’s wife, because he has violated his father’s rights.’[a] All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’(A)
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- 27.20 Heb uncovered his father’s skirt
Deuteronomy 22:30
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30 [a]“A man shall not marry his father’s wife, thereby violating his father’s rights.[b](A)
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Leviticus 18:8
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8 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife; it is the nakedness of your father.
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1 Corinthians 5:1
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Sexual Immorality Defiles the Church
5 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you and the sort of sexual immorality that is not found even among gentiles, for a man is living with his father’s wife.(A)
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Leviticus 20:11
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11 The man who lies with his father’s wife has uncovered his father’s nakedness; both of them shall be put to death; their bloodguilt is upon them.(A)
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Amos 2:7
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7 they who trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth
and push the afflicted out of the way;
father and son go in to the same young woman,
so that my holy name is profaned;(A)
Ezekiel 22:10
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10 In you they uncover their fathers’ nakedness; in you they violate women during their menstrual periods.(A)
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1 Chronicles 5:1
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Descendants of Reuben
5 The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel. (He was the firstborn, but because he defiled his father’s bed his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, so that he is not enrolled in the genealogy according to the birthright;(A)
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2 Samuel 16:22
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22 So they pitched a tent for Absalom upon the roof, and Absalom went in to his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.(A)
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Genesis 49:4
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4 Unstable as water, you shall no longer excel
because you went up onto your father’s bed;
then you defiled it—you[a] went up onto my couch!(A)
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- 49.4 Gk Syr Tg: Heb he
Genesis 35:22
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22 While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it.
Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.(A)
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