
However, the rationale might suggest otherwise (the original text is unclear here), since it mentions only that "they" (i.e., the woman and the daughter) are related. One might argue that the explicit prohibition against engaging in sexual activity with a woman as well as with her daughter, implicitly forbids sexual activity between a man and his daughter.
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The second list in the Holiness code noticeably differs from the first by not including the closer relatives, and it might be assumed that obviousness is the explanation here as well. The Talmud argues that the absence is because the prohibition was obvious, especially given the proscription against a relationship with a granddaughter, although some biblical scholars have instead proposed that it was originally in the list, but was then accidentally left out from the copy on which modern versions of the text ultimately depend, due to a mistake by the scribe. Although the first relation mentioned after the Levitical prohibition of sex with "near kin" names that of "thy father", it must be taken into account that the Hebrew original text only addresses male Jews with regard to their female relatives. One of the most notable features of each list is that sexual relations between a man and his own daughter is not explicitly prohibited. Wife's child's daughter (including granddaughter) Sister-in-law (if the wife was still alive) Grandfather's wife (including grandmother) The lists of prohibited relationships can be summarised as follows (the relations highlighted in red are those that are prohibited): One's wife's sister ( sister-in-law) during one's wife's lifetime, even if since divorced ( Leviticus 18:18).One's brother's wife ( sister-in-law) ( Leviticus 18:16), with the exception of Yibum.One's daughter-in-law ( Leviticus 18:15).One's father's brother's wife ( aunt) ( Leviticus 18:14).One's father's brother ( uncle) ( Leviticus 18:14).
One's aunt by blood ( Leviticus 18:12–13). A woman and her granddaughter ( Leviticus 18:17). A woman and her daughter ( Leviticus 18:17). One's daughter (inferred from Leviticus 18:10). One's paternal sister through one's father's wife ( Leviticus 18:11). One's paternal or maternal sister ( Leviticus 18:9). The relationships prohibited by Leviticus 18 are: In the Hebrew Bible, sexual relationships between siblings are forbidden to Jews but permissible to Gentiles (non-Jews). The Deuteronomic Code gives a yet more simple list of prohibited relationships – a man's parent's daughter (including his sister), a man's father's wife (including his mother), and a man's mother-in-law. Critical scholars regard the lists as having originally been independent documents, bound together at a later point. Leviticus 18:7–11 and 20:11–21 sets out lists of prohibited relationships, and two chapters later specifies punishments for such unions, but the second list of unions is much shorter than the first. 2 Incestuous relationships mentioned in the Bible. Marriage to a half-sister, for example, is considered incest by most nations today, but was common behaviour for Egyptian pharaohs similarly, the Book of Genesis portrays Sarah as marrying Abraham, her half-brother, without criticising the close genetic relationship between them, and the Book of Samuel treats the marriage of a royal prince to his half-sister as unusual, rather than wicked. In ancient times, tribal nations preferred endogamous marriage – marriage to one's relatives the ideal marriage was usually that to a cousin, and it was often forbidden for an eldest daughter to even marry outside the family. (See Affinity (Catholic canon law).) The laws of many countries regarding prohibited relationships do not necessarily follow the biblical prohibitions nor those of any particular church. The various Christian denominations set their own categories of prohibited incestuous relationships, which have changed from time to time. (See also Forbidden relationships in Judaism.) The Karaites reject the authority of Talmudic opinions and interpret the biblical prohibitions differently. Jewish views on incest are based on the biblical categories of forbidden relationships and have been subject to rabbinic interpretations in the Talmud. Leviticus 18:7–18 and 20:11–21, but also in Deuteronomy. These prohibitions are found predominantly in Incest in the Bible refers to sexual relations between certain close kinship relationships which are prohibited by the Hebrew Bible.