Leviticus 18:8

The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it [is] thy father's nakedness.

The nakedness {H6172} of thy father's {H1} wife {H802} shalt thou not uncover {H1540}: it is thy father's {H1} nakedness {H6172}.

You are not to have sexual relations with your father's wife; that is your father's prerogative.

You must not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; it would dishonor your father.

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

Note: Commentary was generated by an advanced AI, utilizing a prompt that emphasized Biblical fidelity over bias. We've found these insights to be consistently reliable, yet we always encourage prayerful discernment through the Holy Spirit. The Scripture text and cross-references are from verified, non-AI sources.
  • Leviticus 20:11

    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.
  • 1 Corinthians 5:1

    ¶ It is reported commonly [that there is] fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.
  • Deuteronomy 27:20

    Cursed [be] he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
  • Deuteronomy 22:30

    A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt.
  • Amos 2:7

    That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the [same] maid, to profane my holy name:
  • Genesis 49:4

    Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou [it]: he went up to my couch.
  • Ezekiel 22:10

    In thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.

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