Leviticus has several verses that forbid father-daughter incest. Despite this, the ESV Study Bible's note on Leviticus 18:6-18 reads as follows (bold emphasis mine): These laws prohibit sexual relations (approach....to uncover nakedness), and therefore marriage, between people who are too closely related by blood (mother, sister, granddaughter, aunt) or by marriage (stepmother, stepsister, stepdaughter, stepgranddaughter,… Continue reading Father-daughter incest: is it prohibited in the Bible? This is not a stupid question.
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Is the husband’s role parallel to that of God the Father, and the wife’s role parallel to that of God the Son?
(1 Corinthians 11:3) But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a woman is her husband, and the head of Christ is God. Professor Wayne Grudem interprets 1 Corinthians 11:3 as follows: just as the Father has authority over the Son in the Trinity, so the… Continue reading Is the husband’s role parallel to that of God the Father, and the wife’s role parallel to that of God the Son?
