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  2. Incest in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    [24] [25] [26] The Deuteronomic Code gives a yet more simple list of prohibited relationships – a man's parent's daughter (including his sister), a man's father's wife (including his mother), and a man's mother-in-law. [27] [28] In the Hebrew Bible, sexual relationships between siblings are forbidden to Jews but permissible to Gentiles (non ...

  3. Leviticus 18 - Wikipedia

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    The Bible lists several types of relationship which it regards as incestuous unions; one list appears in the Deuteronomic Code, and two lists occur in the Holiness Code of Leviticus. These lists only mention relationships with female relatives; excluding lesbianism, which implies that the list is addressed to men. These lists then compare as ...

  4. Inbreeding - Wikipedia

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    For example, in livestock breeding, breeders may use inbreeding when trying to establish a new and desirable trait in the stock and for producing distinct families within a breed, but will need to watch for undesirable characteristics in offspring, which can then be eliminated through further selective breeding or culling. Inbreeding also helps ...

  5. List of biblical figures identified in extra-biblical sources

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    These are biblical figures unambiguously identified in contemporary sources according to scholarly consensus.Biblical figures that are identified in artifacts of questionable authenticity, for example the Jehoash Inscription and the bullae of Baruch ben Neriah, or who are mentioned in ancient but non-contemporary documents, such as David and Balaam, [n 1] are excluded from this list.

  6. Category:Bible-related lists of people - Wikipedia

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    List of women in the Bible This page was last edited on 16 July 2021, at 05:59 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4 ...

  7. Jewish views on incest - Wikipedia

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    The Hebrew Bible sets out several lists of relationships sexual relations between which are forbidden. Two lists appear in the Book of Leviticus and one list appears in the Book of Deuteronomy. The lists only mention relationships with female relatives; excluding lesbianism, this implies that the list is addressed to men.

  8. Consanguinity - Wikipedia

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    Inbreeding – Reproduction by closely related organisms; Inbreeding avoidance – Evolutionary biology concept of prevention of negative inbreeding effects; Inbreeding depression – Reduced fitness as a result of inbreeding; Incest – Sexual activity between immediate family members or people considered too closely related to marry

  9. Consanguine marriage - Wikipedia

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    Consanguine marriage is marriage between individuals who are closely related. Though it may involve incest, it implies more than the sexual nature of incest.In a clinical sense, marriage between two family members who are second cousins or closer qualifies as consanguineous marriage.