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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

Translations

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.

Patristic reading

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  • 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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