From Nave’s Topical Bible
Incest
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 32Passages listed
- 12Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- DEFINED AND FORBIDDENLeviticus 18:6–18Leviticus 20:11Leviticus 20:12Leviticus 20:17Leviticus 20:19–21Deuteronomy 22:30Deuteronomy 27:20–23Ezekiel 22:111 Chronicles 5:1
- INSTANCES OF
- Lot with his daughtersGenesis 19:31–36
- AbrahamGenesis 20:12Genesis 20:13
- NahorGenesis 11:29
- ReubenGenesis 35:22Genesis 49:4
- AmramExodus 6:20
- JudahGenesis 38:16–181 Chronicles 2:4
- Amnon2 Samuel 13:14
- Absalom2 Samuel 16:212 Samuel 16:22
- Herod (Antipas)Matthew 14:3Matthew 14:4Mark 6:17Mark 6:18Luke 3:19
- The people of IsraelAmos 2:7
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- Instances of marriage of near of kin
- Isaac with RebekahGenesis 24:15Genesis 24:67
- Jacob with Leah and RachelGenesis 29:23Genesis 29:30
- Rehoboam2 Chronicles 11:18
The passages, in Bible order (32)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Genesis 11:29
And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.
Commentary on Genesis 11:292 voices
(Verse 29) And Abram and Nachor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nachor's wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran. The father of Milcah was also the father of Iscah. Haran fathered two daughters, Milcah and Iscah, who were both called by the same name. Of these, Milcah became the wife of Nachor, and Sarai became the wife of Abram. At that time, marriage between cousins and between siblings was not yet prohibited by law, as it later became among all people, even among brothers and sisters.
Jerome· Hebrew Questions on Genesis, 420Patristic
And Abram and Nahor took them wives,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Genesis 19:31–36
One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us, as is the custom over all the earth.
Commentary on Genesis 19:31–361 voice
And the firstborn said unto the younger,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Genesis 20:12
Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father—though not the daughter of my mother—and she became my wife.
Commentary on Genesis 20:121 voice
(Chapter 20, verse 12.) Truly my sister is from my father, but not from my mother. That is, her father is Aran, not her mother. But because it says in Hebrew: truly my sister is the daughter of my father, and not the daughter of my mother: and it sounds more likely that she should be called Abraham's sister, we say this in her defense, that at that time such marriages were not yet prohibited by law.
Jerome· Hebrew Questions on Genesis, 420Patristic
- Genesis 20:13
So when God had me journey from my father’s house, I said to Sarah, ‘This is how you can show your loyalty to me: Wherever we go, say of me, “He is my brother.”’”
Commentary on Genesis 20:131 voice
And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Genesis 24:15
Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.
Commentary on Genesis 24:151 voice
Rebekah came to the wells daily; she drew water daily. And because she spent time at the wells daily, therefore, she could be found by Abraham's servant and be united in marriage with Isaac.Do you think these are tales and that the Holy Spirit tells stories in the Scripture? This is instruction for souls and spiritual teaching which instructs and teaches you to come daily to the wells of the Scripture, to the waters of the Holy Spirit, and always to draw water and carry home a full vessel just as also holy Rebekah used to do.
Origen of Alexandria· HOMILIES ON GENESIS 10.2, 253Patristic
- Genesis 24:67
And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.
Commentary on Genesis 24:671 voice
By the joy [which he received] from Rebekah, who came three years later, Isaac was comforted from the mourning of his mother with which he had been shrouded for three years.
Ephrem the Syrian· COMMENTARY ON GENESIS 21:4, 373Patristic
- Genesis 29:23
But when evening came, Laban took his daughter Leah and gave her to Jacob, and he slept with her.
Commentary on Genesis 29:231 voice
And it came to pass in the evening,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Genesis 29:30
Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.
Commentary on Genesis 29:301 voice
In that journey Jacob took two wives, and those two wives prefigured the two people of the Jews and the Gentiles. For at Christ's coming not a small number even of the Jewish people are read to have believed in him, and again in the …
Caesarius of Arles· SERMON 88.2, 542Patristic
- Genesis 35:22
While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:
Commentary on Genesis 35:221 voice
And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land,.... In that part of it near Bethlehem: that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine; his concubine wife; she was the maid that Rachel gave him, and this added to his affliction, and made it double, to lose Rachel by death, and to have her favourite maid, his concubine, defiled by his own son, and whom it is highly probable he abstained from hereafter.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Genesis 38:16–18
Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her and said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.” “What will you give me for sleeping with you?” she inquired.
Commentary on Genesis 38:16–181 voice
And he turned unto her by the way,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Genesis 49:4
Uncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, onto my couch, and defiled it.
Commentary on Genesis 49:41 voice
Doesn't this seem to be a reproach rather than a blessing? Thus it really is more a prophecy than a blessing. For a prophecy is an announcement of events to come, whereas a blessing is the longed for bestowal of sanctification and of graces.The Jews suppose that the old man is saying these things to his son Reuben on this account, because the latter lay with Bilhah, his father's concubine, and polluted his father's bed. But they are easily refuted; this had already taken place.
Ambrose of Milan· On the Blessings of the Patriarchs, 397Patristic
- Exodus 6:20
And Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.
Commentary on Exodus 6:202 voices
And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
His fathers sister - דדתו dodatho. The true meaning of this word is uncertain. Parkhurst observes that דוד dod signifies an uncle in 1Sa 10:14; Lev 10:4, and frequently elsewhere. It signifies also an uncles son, a cousin-german: compare Jer 32:8 with Exo 6:12, where the Vulgate renders דדי dodi by patruelis mei, my paternal cousin; and in Amo 6:10, for דודו dodo, the Targum has קריביה karibiah, his near relation. So the Vulgate, propinquus ejus, his relative, and the Septuagint, οἱ οικειοι αυτων, those of their household.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- Leviticus 18:6–18
None of you are to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD.
Commentary on Leviticus 18:6–182 voices
Conjugal chastity accords with the written law by reason of the divine statute, Leviticus 18. For the Lord established laws according to which legitimacy is observed in the persons who contract marriage. For He says: I am the Lord your God: keep my laws and …
Bonaventure· Disputed Questions on Evangelical Perfection, Question 3, 1257Patristic
None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Leviticus 20:11
If a man lies with his father’s wife, he has uncovered his father’s nakedness. Both must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.
Commentary on Leviticus 20:111 voice
And the man that lieth with his father's wife,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Leviticus 20:12
If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both must surely be put to death. They have acted perversely; their blood is upon them.
Commentary on Leviticus 20:121 voice
If a man lie with his daughter in law,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Leviticus 20:17
If a man marries his sister, whether the daughter of his father or of his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off in the sight of their people. He has uncovered the nakedness of his sister; he shall bear his iniquity.
Commentary on Leviticus 20:171 voice
And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
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