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Summary

And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

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Bible References

And yet

Genesis 11:29
And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milcah and Iscah.
Genesis 12:13
So tell them you are my sister so that it may go well for me because of you and my life will be spared on account of you."
1 Thessalonians 5:22
Stay away from every form of evil.

General references

Leviticus 20:17
"'If a man has sexual intercourse with his sister, whether the daughter of his father or his mother, so that he sees her nakedness and she sees his nakedness, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off in the sight of the children of their people. He has exposed his sister's nakedness; he will bear his punishment for iniquity.

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