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

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

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.

Leviticus 18:8 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.

2 Samuel 16:22 So they spread a tent for Absalom on the top of the house, and he went in to his father's concubines before all Israel.

1 Chronicles 5:1 Now the sons of Ruben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was his firstborn: but forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his first birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, and he was not accounted for the firstborn.

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
Curses Pronounced from Ebal
19Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, of the fatherless and the widow: and all the people shall say: Amen. 20Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife, and uncovereth his bed: and all the people shall say: Amen.21Cursed be he that lieth with any beast: and all the people shall say: Amen.…
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.

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.

Leviticus 18:7
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother: she is thy mother, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

Leviticus 18:8
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.

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

Lexicon
‘Cursed is
אָר֗וּר (’ā·rūr)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 779: To execrate

he who sleeps
שֹׁכֵב֙ (šō·ḵêḇ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7901: To lie down

with
עִם־ (‘im-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5973: With, equally with

his father’s
אָבִ֔יו (’ā·ḇîw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

wife,
אֵ֣שֶׁת (’ê·šeṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female

for
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

he has violated
גִלָּ֖ה (ḡil·lāh)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1540: To denude, to exile, to reveal

his father’s
אָבִ֑יו (’ā·ḇîw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

marriage bed.’
כְּנַ֣ף (kə·nap̄)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3671: An edge, extremity, a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacle

And {let} all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the people
הָעָ֖ם (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

say,
וְאָמַ֥ר (wə·’ā·mar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

‘Amen!’
אָמֵֽן׃ (’ā·mên)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 543: Sure, faithfulness, truly


Additional Translations
‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his father’s wife, for he has violated his father’s marriage bed.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’Cursed be he that lies with his father's wife; because he uncovers his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife, because he hath uncovered his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Cursed is he that lies with his father's wife, because he has uncovered his father's skirt: and all the people shall say, So be it.

Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; for he uncovereth his father's skirt! And all the people shall say, Amen.

Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he hath uncovered his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt: and all the people shall say, Amen.

'Cursed is he who lies with his father's wife, because he has uncovered his father's skirt.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'

Cursed is he who is lying with his father's wife, for he hath uncovered his father's skirt, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
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