Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Read, James C" <K0434995 AT kingston.ac.uk>]

Hi HH

This is starting to go a little off topic but it's not all quite so cut and 
dried.

At the same period Abraham was married to his half-sister who later became 
the mother
of Isaac through whom Yah promised that all the nations would be blessed. The 
law which 
came hundreds of years later condemned such yet we see no indication that 
Abraham was held
in disfavour by Yah for marrying his sister.

Maye it was OK to marry your sister but not to have children with your 
daughters in that 
period. I don't know. But the point is the tanakh doesn't always tell us that 
something is 
bad in exactly the same verse.



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Dear James,

>In Genesis we are told that Lots' daughters got their father drunk 
>and bonked him
>in order to start off two new nations which would be products of 
>Father/daughter
>incest. There is no mention to this being bad either but each to his 
>own interpretation.


HH: But the Law clarified that such behavior was wrong.

                                Yours,
                                Harold Holmyard
>
>HH: The Israelite kings sometimes took censuses,
>including even David, it seems, on another
>occasion:
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Dear Harold:

The law didn't come out until centuries later.

However, indication that Lot thought it improper is that 
his daughters had to get him drunk, i.e. break down his 
inhibitions, to get him to perform.

Karl W. Randolph.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Harold R. Holmyard III" <hholmyard AT ont.com>

> 
> Dear James,
> 
> > In Genesis we are told that Lots' daughters got their father 
> > drunk and bonked him
> > in order to start off two new nations which would be products of 
> > Father/daughter
> > incest. There is no mention to this being bad either but each to 
> > his own interpretation.
> 
> 
> HH: But the Law clarified that such behavior was wrong.
> 
>                               Yours,
>                               Harold Holmyard

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