The nakedness of your father`s wife you shall not uncover: it is your father`s nakedness.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Compare the case of Reuben (Genesis 49:3–4). See (1 Corinthians 5:1).

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

The nakedness of thy father’s wife. —While the former prohibition refers to the son’s own mother, this law is directed ag…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

The nakedness of your father's wife shall you not uncover That is, who is indeed a man's father's wife, but not his own mother, but…

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