Genesis 35:22

35:22 While Israel was living in that land, Reuben had sexual relations with ¹  Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard about it.

Jacob had twelve sons:

Deuteronomy 5:21

5:21 You must not desire ²  another man’s ³  wife, nor should you crave his ⁴  house, his field, his male and female servants, his ox, his donkey, or anything else he owns.” ⁵ 

Deuteronomy 27:20

27:20 ‘Cursed is the one who has sexual relations with ⁶  his father’s former wife, ⁷  for he dishonors his father.’ ⁸  Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

Deuteronomy 27:1

The Assembly at Shechem

27:1 Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: “Pay attention to all the commandments ⁹  I am giving ¹⁰  you today.

Deuteronomy 5:1

The Opening Exhortation

5:1 Then Moses called all the people of Israel together and said to them: ¹¹  “Listen, Israel, to the statutes and ordinances that I am about to deliver to you today; learn them and be careful to keep them!

Deuteronomy 5:1

The Opening Exhortation

5:1 Then Moses called all the people of Israel together and said to them: ¹²  “Listen, Israel, to the statutes and ordinances that I am about to deliver to you today; learn them and be careful to keep them!

Colossians 1:1

Salutation

1:1 From Paul, ¹³  an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

¹ tn Heb “and Reuben went and lay with.” The expression “lay with” is a euphemism for having sexual intercourse.

² tn The Hebrew verb used here (חָמַד, khamad) is different from the one translated “crave” (אָוַה, ’avah) in the next line. The former has sexual overtones (“lust” or the like; cf. Song of Sol 2:3) whereas the latter has more the idea of a desire or craving for material things.

³ tn Heb “your neighbor’s.” See note on the term “fellow man” in v. 19.

⁴ tn Heb “your neighbor’s.” The pronoun is used in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁵ tn Heb “or anything that is your neighbor’s.”

⁶ tn Heb “who lies with” (so NASB, NRSV); also in vv. 22, 23. This is a Hebrew idiom for having sexual relations (cf. NIV “who sleeps with”; NLT “who has sexual intercourse with”).

⁷ tn See note at Deut 22:30.

⁸ tn Heb “he uncovers his father’s skirt” (NASB similar). See note at Deut 22:30.

⁹ tn Heb “the whole commandment.” See note at 5:31.

¹⁰ tn Heb “commanding”; NAB “which I enjoin on you today” (likewise in v. 10).

¹¹ tn Heb “and Moses called to all Israel and he said to them”; NAB, NASB, NIV “Moses summoned (convened NRSV) all Israel.”

¹² tn Heb “and Moses called to all Israel and he said to them”; NAB, NASB, NIV “Moses summoned (convened NRSV) all Israel.”

¹³ tn Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.