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11 ‎[1] THE NAKEDNESS OF THY FATHER’S WIFE’S DAUGHTER. There are those who say that this refers to a sister from a father and mother. We know that the one who sleeps with a sister from a father and mother violates two negative laws. There are those who say that our verse was written for emphasis. The Sadducees say that *thy father’s wife’s daughter* does not refer to the daughter of one’s mother. They explain that *begotten of thy father* means whom your father raised. Our verse deals with an instance in which the father took a woman who had a small daughter. They say the same thing regarding Tamar. Their proof is, *for he will not withhold me from thee* (II Sam. 13:13). She thus was not begotten by David. Now since the transmitters of tradition said that the daughter of your father’s wife is permitted, we have no need to answer those who invent things in their hearts. It is possible that “the daughter of thy father’s wife” refers to a daughter resulting from a rape.
Version: Ibn Ezra's commentary on the Pentateuch, tran. and annot. by H. Norman Strickman and Arthur M. Silver. Menorah Pub., 1988-2004
Source: https://www.nli.org.il/he/books/NNL_ALEPH001102376/NLI
License: CC-BY-NC