fathers wife] That is, not thine own mother, but thy stepmother: of this incest you may see 1 Corinthians 5:1. it was Reubens sin, Genesis 35:22. thy fathers nakednesse] That is, that which none but thy father may uncover: and it may be called the fathers nakednesse, because the husband and wife, though they be two persons, are by the bond of matrimonie but one flesh: So that any fleshly action towards the one, hath a guiltie offensivenesse towards the other.