Leviticus 18:8
Good News Translation
Do not disgrace your father by having intercourse with any of his other wives.

New Revised Standard Version
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife; it is the nakedness of your father.

Contemporary English Version
And don't disgrace him by having sex with any of his other wives.

New American Bible
You shall not have intercourse with your father’s wife, for that would be a disgrace to your father.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's wife: for it is the nakedness of thy father.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's wife: for it is the nakedness of thy father.

Leviticus 20:11 If a man lie with his stepmother, and discover the nakedness of his father, let them both be put to death: their blood be upon them.

Genesis 35:22 And when he dwelt in that country, Ruben went, and slept with Bala the concubine of his father: which he was not ignorant of. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.

Genesis 49:4 Thou art poured out as water, grow thou not; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed, and didst defile his couch.

Deuteronomy 22:30 No man shall take his father's wife, nor remove his covering.

Deuteronomy 27:20 Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife, and uncovereth his bed: and all the people shall say: Amen.

2 Samuel 16:21,22 And Achitophel said to Absalom: Go in to the concubines of thy father, whom he hath left to keep the house: that when all Israel shall hear that thou hast disgraced thy father, their hands may be strengthened with thee. . . .

Ezekiel 22:10 They have discovered the nakedness of their father in thee, they have humbled the uncleanness of the menstruous woman in thee.

Amos 2:7 They bruise the heads of the poor upon the dust of the earth, and turn aside the way of the humble: and the son and his father have gone to the same young woman, to profane my holy name.

1 Corinthians 5:1 It is absolutely heard that there is fornication among you and such fornication as the like is not among the heathens: that one should have his father's wife.

Context
Unlawful Sexual Relations
7Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother: she is thy mother, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. 8Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's wife: for it is the nakedness of thy father.9Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy sister by father or by mother: whether born at home or abroad.…
Cross References
1 Corinthians 5:1
It is absolutely heard that there is fornication among you and such fornication as the like is not among the heathens: that one should have his father's wife.

Leviticus 20:11
If a man lie with his stepmother, and discover the nakedness of his father, let them both be put to death: their blood be upon them.

Deuteronomy 22:30
No man shall take his father's wife, nor remove his covering.

Deuteronomy 27:20
Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife, and uncovereth his bed: and all the people shall say: Amen.

Ezekiel 22:10
They have discovered the nakedness of their father in thee, they have humbled the uncleanness of the menstruous woman in thee.

Leviticus 18:7
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