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he must not dishonor his father&#8217s bed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/22.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“A man must not marry his father’s former wife, for this would violate his father.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/22.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“A man shall not take his father’s wife, so that he does not uncover his father’s nakedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/22.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />A man is not to marry his father’s wife, so that he will not dishonor his father’s marriage bed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/22.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/22.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor uncover his father’s bed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/22.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“A man shall not take his father’s wife <i>in marriage,</i> so that he does not uncover his father’s garment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/22.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220A man shall not take his father&#8217s wife so that he will not uncover his father&#8217s skirt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/22.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“A man shall not take his father’s wife so that he shall not uncover his father’s skirt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/22.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“A man shall not take his father’s wife so that he will not uncover his father’s skirt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/22.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“A man shall not take his father’s [former] wife, so that he will not expose his father’s wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/22.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“A man is not to marry his father’s wife; he must not violate his father’s marriage bed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/22.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />A man is not to marry his father&#8217s wife; he must not violate his father&#8217s marriage bed.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/22.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his father's skirt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/deuteronomy/22.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />A man must not marry a woman who was married to his father. This would be a disgrace to his father. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/22.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his father's skirt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/22.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />A man must never marry his father's wife because this would disgrace his father.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/22.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"No man is to disgrace his father by having intercourse with any of his father's wives. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/22.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br /> "A man must not marry his father's wife, so that he will not dishonor his father's memory." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/22.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />A man may not marry his father's former wife and in this way dishonor his father. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/22.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his father's skirt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/22.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/22.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />A man is not to marry his father’s wife, so that he will not dishonor his father’s marriage bed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/22.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />A man shall not take his father’s wife, and shall not uncover his father’s skirt. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/22.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />A man does not take his father’s wife, nor uncover his father’s skirt.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/22.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'A man doth not take his father's wife, nor uncover his father's skirt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/22.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />A man shall not take his father's wife and shall not uncover his father's wing.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/22.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />No man shall take his father's wife, nor remove his covering. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/22.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />No man shall take his father’s wife, nor remove her covering.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/22.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />A man shall not marry his father’s wife, nor shall he dishonor his father’s bed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/22.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />A man shall not marry his father’s wife, thereby violating his father’s rights.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/22.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />A man shall not take his father's wife, nor uncover the skirt of his father's wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/22.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />A man shall not take the wife of his father and shall not lay open the skirt of his father.” <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/22.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his father's skirt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/22.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his father's skirt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/22-30.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=6220" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/22.htm">Marriage Violations</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">29</span>then the man who lay with her must pay the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she must become his wife because he has violated her. He must not divorce her as long as he lives. <span class="reftext">30</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">A man</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">is not</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: yiq·qaḥ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">to marry</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ā·ḇîw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">his father’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: ’ê·šeṯ (N-fsc) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">wife,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">so that he will not</a> <a href="/hebrew/1540.htm" title="1540: yə·ḡal·leh (V-Piel-Imperf-3ms) -- To uncover, remove. A primitive root; to denude; by implication, to exile; figuratively, to reveal.">dishonor</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ā·ḇîw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">his father’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/3671.htm" title="3671: kə·nap̄ (N-fsc) -- Wing, extremity. From kanaph; an edge or extremity; specifically a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacle.">marriage bed.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/18-8.htm">Leviticus 18:8</a></span><br />You must not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; it would dishonor your father.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/20-11.htm">Leviticus 20:11</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/5-1.htm">1 Corinthians 5:1</a></span><br />It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/22-10.htm">Ezekiel 22:10</a></span><br />In you they have uncovered the nakedness of their fathers; in you they violate women during their menstrual impurity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/35-22.htm">Genesis 35:22</a></span><br />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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/16-21.htm">2 Samuel 16:21-22</a></span><br />Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to take care of the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.” / So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/5-1.htm">1 Chronicles 5:1</a></span><br />These were the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel. Though he was the firstborn, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, because Reuben defiled his father’s bed. So he is not reckoned according to birthright.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/49-4.htm">Genesis 49:4</a></span><br />Uncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, onto my couch, and defiled it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/20-3.htm">2 Samuel 20:3</a></span><br />When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to take care of the palace, and he placed them in a house under guard. He provided for them, but he no longer slept with them. They were confined until the day of their death, living as widows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-18.htm">1 Corinthians 6:18</a></span><br />Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/4-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:3-5</a></span><br />For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality; / each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, / not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-27.htm">Matthew 5:27-28</a></span><br />You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’ / But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-2.htm">1 Corinthians 7:2</a></span><br />But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/13-13.htm">Romans 13:13</a></span><br />Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/5-19.htm">Galatians 5:19</a></span><br />The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/27-20.htm">Leviticus 27:20</a></b></br> And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/18-8.htm">Leviticus 18:8</a></b></br> The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it <i>is</i> thy father's nakedness.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/20-11.htm">Leviticus 20:11</a></b></br> And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood <i>shall be</i> upon them.</p><p class="hdg">discover</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ruth/3-9.htm">Ruth 3:9</a></b></br> And he said, Who <i>art</i> thou? And she answered, I <i>am</i> Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou <i>art</i> a near kinsman.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/16-8.htm">Ezekiel 16:8</a></b></br> Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time <i>was</i> the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/15-26.htm">Bed</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/13-6.htm">Discover</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-16.htm">Dishonor</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/22-29.htm">Marry</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/20-7.htm">Relations</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/20-7.htm">Sex</a> <a href="/numbers/15-38.htm">Skirt</a> <a href="/numbers/5-18.htm">Uncover</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/22-29.htm">Wife</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/27-20.htm">Bed</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-8.htm">Discover</a> <a href="/ezra/4-14.htm">Dishonor</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/25-5.htm">Marry</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-20.htm">Relations</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-18.htm">Sex</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-20.htm">Skirt</a> <a href="/ruth/3-4.htm">Uncover</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/24-1.htm">Wife</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 22</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/22-1.htm">Of humanity toward brothers</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/22-5.htm">The sex is to be distinguished by apparel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/22-6.htm">The bird is not to be taken with her young ones</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/22-8.htm">The house must have battlements</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/22-9.htm">Confusion is to be avoided</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/22-12.htm">Tassels upon the vesture</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/22-13.htm">The punishment of him who slanders his wife</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/22-22.htm">of adultery</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/22-23.htm">of rape</a></span><br><span class="reftext">28. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/22-28.htm">of fornication</a></span><br><span class="reftext">30. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/22-30.htm">of incest</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/22.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/deuteronomy/22.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>A man is not to marry his father’s wife</b><br>This command is part of the broader Mosaic Law given to the Israelites, emphasizing the importance of maintaining family purity and respect for parental relationships. The prohibition against marrying a father's wife, which could include a stepmother, is rooted in the need to uphold family honor and prevent incestuous relationships. This law reflects the cultural and historical context of ancient Israel, where family lineage and inheritance were crucial. Similar prohibitions are found in <a href="/leviticus/18-8.htm">Leviticus 18:8 and 20</a>:11, underscoring the seriousness of this command. The New Testament also addresses similar issues of sexual immorality in <a href="/1_corinthians/5.htm">1 Corinthians 5:1</a>, where Paul rebukes the Corinthian church for tolerating a man who has taken his father's wife, indicating the continuity of this moral principle.<p><b>so that he will not dishonor his father’s marriage bed</b><br>The phrase "dishonor his father’s marriage bed" highlights the sanctity of marriage and the respect owed to one's parents. In ancient Near Eastern cultures, the marriage bed symbolized the exclusive and sacred union between a husband and wife. Violating this union by marrying a father's wife would bring shame and dishonor not only to the father but to the entire family. This commandment serves to protect the integrity of the family unit and the social order. The concept of honoring one's parents is deeply embedded in the Ten Commandments (<a href="/exodus/20-12.htm">Exodus 20:12</a>), and this specific law reinforces that principle by addressing a potential source of familial dishonor. The emphasis on honor and purity in family relationships can also be seen as a type pointing to the purity and faithfulness expected in the relationship between Christ and the Church, as described in <a href="/ephesians/5-25.htm">Ephesians 5:25-27</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The author of Deuteronomy, delivering God's laws to the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The audience receiving the laws, preparing to enter the Promised Land.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/c/canaan.htm">Canaan</a></b><br>The land where the Israelites are headed, known for its different cultural practices.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/f/father's_wife.htm">Father's Wife</a></b><br>Refers to a stepmother, highlighting the family dynamics and respect for parental relationships.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/m/marriage_bed.htm">Marriage Bed</a></b><br>Symbolizes the sanctity and exclusivity of the marital relationship.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/r/respect_for_family_boundaries.htm">Respect for Family Boundaries</a></b><br>The commandment underscores the importance of respecting family relationships and boundaries. It teaches us to honor the sanctity of marriage and the roles within a family.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/cultural_distinction.htm">Cultural Distinction</a></b><br>The Israelites were called to be distinct from the surrounding nations. This law served as a boundary marker, setting them apart in their moral and ethical conduct.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_purity.htm">Holiness and Purity</a></b><br>The prohibition reflects God's call for His people to live holy lives, avoiding practices that defile and dishonor relationships.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_disobedience.htm">Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>Violating this commandment would bring dishonor and potential chaos to family structures, highlighting the broader impact of personal sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/application_in_modern_context.htm">Application in Modern Context</a></b><br>While the specific cultural context may differ, the principle of honoring family relationships and maintaining purity remains relevant today.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_22.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 22</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_spreading_a_garment_mean.htm">What does spreading your garment over someone signify?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_deut._22_28-29_require_marriage_post-rape.htm">Does Deuteronomy 22:28-29 mandate marriage after rape?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_deut._22_28-29_mandate_marrying_a_rapist.htm">Why does Deuteronomy 22:28-29 mandate marriage to a rapist, forcing the victim into a lifelong bond with her attacker?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_must_a_woman_marry_her_rapist.htm">Why does the Bible say a woman must marry her rapist (Deuteronomy 22:28-29)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/22.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 30.</span> - To these is appended a general prohibition of incestuous connections, the first provision in the earlier law being cited as a sort of index to the whole (<a href="/leviticus/18-7.htm">Leviticus 18:7</a>, etc.). <p> <p> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/22-30.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">A man</span><br /><span class="heb">אִ֖ישׁ</span> <span class="translit">(’îš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to marry</span><br /><span class="heb">יִקַּ֥ח</span> <span class="translit">(yiq·qaḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> </span><span class="str2">To take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his father’s</span><br /><span class="heb">אָבִ֑יו</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḇîw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wife,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֣שֶׁת</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·šeṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> </span><span class="str2">Woman, wife, female</span><br /><br /><span class="word">so that he will not</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">dishonor</span><br /><span class="heb">יְגַלֶּ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(yə·ḡal·leh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1540.htm">Strong's 1540: </a> </span><span class="str2">To denude, to exile, to reveal</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his father’s</span><br /><span class="heb">אָבִֽיו׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḇîw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">marriage bed.</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּנַ֥ף</span> <span class="translit">(kə·nap̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3671.htm">Strong's 3671: </a> </span><span class="str2">An edge, extremity, a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacle</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/22-30.htm">Deuteronomy 22:30 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/22-30.htm">Deuteronomy 22:30 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/22-30.htm">Deuteronomy 22:30 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/22-30.htm">Deuteronomy 22:30 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/22-30.htm">Deuteronomy 22:30 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/22-30.htm">Deuteronomy 22:30 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/22-30.htm">Deuteronomy 22:30 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/22-30.htm">Deuteronomy 22:30 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/22-30.htm">Deuteronomy 22:30 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/22-30.htm">Deuteronomy 22:30 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/22-30.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 22:30 A man shall not take his father's (Deut. 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