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face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT><BR>>> There is no case in the Torah
where an Israelite married or had a <BR>relationship with his
daughter. Avraham married a half-sister (not stated in the <BR>text
though), Yakov married two sisters, Yehudah married his daughter-in-law
<BR>yibumically, Amram married his aunt. << [--old
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<DIV>As I was re-reading this, I remembered that Avraham marrying a half-sister
IS stated in the text--he told Avimelech that Sarah was his half-sister.
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<DIV>But really she was not his half-sister, she was his niece, just as Lot was
not his brother, but his nephew (though he said, "Anashim achim
anachnu"). The main point -- that people don't necessarily feel shame or
revulsion at marrying a sister (or half-sister) -- remains, as Avraham was
evidently not embarrassed to say that his wife was his sister. But a
father and a daughter would be shameful everywhere.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="10"><BR><STRONG>--Toby Katz<BR>=============</STRONG><BR>Romney -- good
values, good family, good
hair<BR><BR><BR>-------------------------------------------------------------------
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