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Half-brother and half-sister

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HALF-BROTHER AND HALF-SISTER. Persons who have the same father but different mothers; or the same mother but different fathers.



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The allusion is to the extreme possibility of sex with (much) older women, given that Sarah becomes fertile in her old age, and bears a son (Isaac) who is also her nephew, since according to Genesis 20:13, Abraham and Sarah are half-brother and half-sister.
Law, Legend, and Incest in the Bible: Leviticus 18-20 by Streete, Gail Corringtron / Cross Currents
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