The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, [even] their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs [is] thine own nakedness.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Tu ne découvriras point la nudité de la fille de ton fils ou de la fille de ta fille. Car c'est ta nudité.
KJV
The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, [even] their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs [is] thine own nakedness.
Philo Judaeus
De Specialibus Legibus (lib. i‑iv)
Α ἄπαγε FG Arm: ἐπάγεσθαι ceteri (v) 1 sqq. cf. Diod. Sic. I 27. Sext. Emp. Pyrrh. Hyp. III 205. 20 Lev. 18,10. 12.13. 20,19. cf. Ioseph. Ant. lud. III § 274 (supra p. 153). 21 Lev. 18,14. 15. 16. 2012. 20.21. 22 Lev. 18,17. 2014. ἀλλὰ μηδ’ ἀποθανούσης· δυνάμει γὰρ ὅ γε πατρωὸς π…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
with one another and ought to safeguard one another's modesty. The Divine law assigns this reason ( Lev. 18:10 ): "Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness" of such and such a one, "because it is thy own nakedness." But the accidental end of marriage is the binding together of mankin…
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