COUSIN MARRIAGE IN THE BIBLE
Numbers 36:10-11: So Zelophehad’s daughters did as the Lord commanded Moses. Zelophehad’s daughters—Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milkah and Noah—married their cousins on their father’s side. Isaac marries Rebekah Genesis 24:67: Then Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother and took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her. Genesis 22:20–23: (Isaac and Rebekah are first cousins, once removed) Some time later Abraham was told, “Milkah is also a mother; she has borne sons to your brother Nahor: Uz the firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel (the father of Aram), Kesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph and Bethuel.” Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milkah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor. Jacob marries Rachel and Leah Genesis 29:23: But in the evening he took his daughter Leah and brought her to Jacob, and he went in to her Genesis 29:28: Jacob did so, and completed her week. Then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife. Cousin marriage not included in t...
