“Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.”
Do not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. Do not have sexual relations with either her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter; they are her close relatives. That is wickedness. The prohibition on a woman and her daughter (or granddaughter) is called wickedness — zimah, the strongest negative evaluation used for any of the sexual prohibitions. The wickedness designation communicates the particular severity of this violation: having sexual relations with a woman and her daughter (or granddaughter) is not merely an incest violation but an act of fundamental degradation of the family structure.
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