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Leviticus 18:7

NETBible	You must not¹ expose your father’s nakedness by having sexual intercourse with your mother.² She is your mother; you must not have intercourse with her.
NIV © biblegateway Lev 18:7	"‘Do not dishonour your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; do not have relations with her.
NASB © biblegateway Lev 18:7	‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, that is, the nakedness of your mother. She is your mother; you are not to uncover her nakedness.
NLT © biblegateway Lev 18:7	Do not violate your father by having sexual intercourse with your mother. She is your mother; you must never have intercourse with her.
MSG © biblegateway Lev 18:7	"Don't violate your father by having sex with your mother. She is your mother. Don't have sex with her.
BBE © SABDAweb Lev 18:7	You may not have sex relations with your father or your mother: she is your mother, you may not take her.
NRSV © bibleoremus Lev 18:7	You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, which is the nakedness of your mother; she is your mother, you shall not uncover her nakedness.
NKJV © biblegateway Lev 18:7	‘The nakedness of your father or the nakedness of your mother you shall not uncover. She is your mother; you shall not uncover her nakedness.
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KJV	The nakedness <06172> of thy father <01>_, or the nakedness <06172> of thy mother <0517>_, shalt thou not uncover <01540> (8762)_: she [is] thy mother <0517>_; thou shalt not uncover <01540> (8762) her nakedness <06172>_.
NASB © biblegateway Lev 18:7	'You shall not uncover <01540> the nakedness <06172> of your father <01> , that is, the nakedness <06172> of your mother <0517> . She is your mother <0517> ; you are not to uncover <01540> her nakedness <06172> .
LXXM	aschmosunhn <808> N-ASF patrov <3962> N-GSM sou <4771> P-GS kai <2532> CONJ aschmosunhn <808> N-ASF mhtrov <3384> N-GSF sou <4771> P-GS ouk <3364> ADV apokaluqeiv <601> V-FAI-2S mhthr <3384> N-NSF gar <1063> PRT sou <4771> P-GS estin <1510> V-PAI-3S kai <2532> CONJ ouk <3364> ADV apokaluqeiv <601> V-FAI-2S thn <3588> T-ASF aschmosunhn <808> N-ASF authv <846> D-GSF
NET [draft] ITL	You must not <03808> expose <01540> your father’s <01> nakedness <06172> by having sexual intercourse <06172> with your mother <0517> . She <01931> is your mother <0517> ; you must not <03808> have intercourse <06172> <01540> with her.
HEBREW	o htwre <06172> hlgt <01540> al <03808> awh <01931> Kma <0517> hlgt <01540> al <03808> Kma <0517> twrew <06172> Kyba <01> twre (18:7) <06172>

NETBible

You must not¹ expose your father’s nakedness by having sexual intercourse with your mother.² She is your mother; you must not have intercourse with her.

NET Notes

¹tn The verbal negative here is the same as that used in the Ten Commandments (Exod 20:4-5, 7, 13-17). It suggests permanent prohibition rather than a simple negative command and could, therefore, be rendered “must not” here and throughout the following section as it is in vv. 3-4 above.

²tn Heb “The nakedness of your father and [i.e., even] the nakedness of your mother you shall not uncover.”

²sn Commentators suggest that the point of referring to the father’s nakedness is that the mother’s sexuality belongs to the father and is forbidden to the son on that account (see B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 120, and J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 294). The expression may, however, derive from the shame of nakedness when exposed. If one exposes his mother’s nakedness to himself it is like openly exposing the father’s nakedness (cf. Gen 9:22-23 with the background of Gen 2:25 and 3:7, 21). The same essential construction is used in v. 10 where the latter explanation makes more sense than the former.