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17 ‎[1] AND IF A MAN SHALL TAKE HIS SISTER, HIS FATHER’S DAUGHTER. In a place where he is unknown and afterwards the facts become known.
‎[2] The meaning of *and see* *her nakedness* is, or see her nakedness. It is like *he hath cursed his father or his mother* (v. 9). See means uncover.
‎[3] The meaning of *and she see his nakedness* is that they both agreed to this.
‎[4] IT IS A SHAMEFUL THING. The word *chesed* (shameful thing) is related to *yechassedkha* (revile thee) in *Lest he that heareth revile thee* (Prov. 25:9). *Chesed hu* (it is a shameful thing) means it is an inflated act of harlotry.
‎[5] HE HATH UNCOVERED HIS SISTER’S NAKEDNESS. Employing force.
‎[6] HE SHALL BEAR HIS INIQUITY. He alone shall bear his iniquity. The reason scripture mentions these things regarding the sister is that they grew up in one house and are young people who play. The brother is always alone with his sister. Scripture does not mention the punishment for intercourse with the daughter of one’s son or the daughter of one’s daughter, for it relied on the oral Torah. It is possible that they are not mentioned because of the father’s lack of desire, for he is advanced in years when he has a mature daughter. It is for this reason that Scripture does not mention the mother of one’s father and the mother of one’s mother, for they are aged.
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