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  • From: ben.crick AT argonet.co.uk (Ben Crick)
  • To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Re: uncover that nakedness!! :-)
  • Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 16:40:42 +0100


On Tue 4 Apr 2000 , parousia_occ AT yahoo.com wrote:
> [snippage] So it should be
> odd if they were commanded not to sleep with their fathers. Just
> thought that was interesting.

To "sleep with one's fathers" is a euphemism for death and dying. It is
a common phrase in 1 Kings 2:10, and many other verses in 1 and 2 Kings
and 2 Chronicles.

To "uncover nakedness" is a euphemism for sex and attempted sex. It is
akin to the "nudity thing" `eR:WaT DaBaR in Deuteronomy 24:1 which was
grounds for a divorce.

Also it implies titillation or voyeurism; compare the sin of Ham in
Genesis 9:22-25. Verse 24 implies that Ham did more than just gawp at his
father in that condition; and it merited a solemn curse on his *progeny*
(Canaan, verse 25).

Shalom
Ben
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