“The nakedness of thy father’s wife’s daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.”
Do not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father's wife, born to your father; she is your sister. The prohibition covers the daughter born to the father's wife by a different man — a stepsister through the father's marital relationship. The she is your sister framing communicates that the sibling prohibition is about the relationship status rather than only genetic connection: the step-relationship creates the same prohibition as the full biological relationship.
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