Leviticus 18:8

The nakedness of thy father’s wife thou shalt not uncover, it is thy father’s nakedness.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father’s nakedness.

In Context

7The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, thou shalt not uncover. She is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

9The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or the daughter of thy mother, who hath been begotten of thy father by another wife, or of thy mother by another husband, their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.

Read all of Leviticus 18

Cross References

Genesis 35:22And it was while Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, the concubine of his father. And Israel heard it. And the sons of Jakob were twelve.

Leviticus 20:11And the man who lieth with his father’s wife, uncovering his father’s nakedness, shall be surely put to death; both of them are guilty of death.

Deuteronomy 23:1A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor uncover the skirt of his father.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 18:7-19

Incest Defined and Forbidden; Against Marrying Near Relations. ( b. c. 1490.) 6 None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the Lord . 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. 8 The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness. 9 The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Leviticus 18:8