Deuteronomy 22:30
A man may not take his father's wife or have sex relations with a woman who is his father's.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor discover his father’s skirt.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 20:11And the man who has sex relations with his father's wife has put shame on his father: the two of them are to be put to death; their blood will be on them.
Ruth 3:9And he said, Who are you? And she answering said, I am your servant Ruth: take your servant as wife, for you are a near relation.
1 Corinthians 5:1It is said, in fact, that there is among you a sin of the flesh, such as is not seen even among the Gentiles, that one of you has his father's wife.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 22:14-30
The Punishment of Fornication. ( b. c. 1451.) 13 If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her, 14 And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid: 15 Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate: 16 And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and… Read the whole commentary →