¹⁷ If a man marries his sister,^(A) whether his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter, and they have sexual relations,^[a](B) it is a disgrace.^(C) They must be cut off publicly from their people. He has had sexual intercourse with his sister; he will bear his punishment.

¹¹ When she brought them to him to eat, he grabbed her and said,^[a] “Come sleep with me, my sister!”

¹² “Don’t, my brother!” she cried. “Don’t humiliate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel.^(A) Don’t do this horrible thing! ¹³ Where could I ever go with my disgrace? And you—you would be like one of the immoral men in Israel! Please, speak to the king, for he won’t keep me from you.” ¹⁴ But he refused to listen to her, and because he was stronger than she was, he raped her.

¹¹ One man within you commits a detestable act with his neighbor’s wife;^(A) another wickedly defiles his daughter-in-law; and yet another violates his sister, his father’s daughter.^(B)