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| | === Biblical basis for cousin marriage === | | === Biblical basis for cousin marriage === |
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| − | * Isaac married Rebekkah, his first cousin once removed. (Genesis 24:12-51) | + | * [[Isaac]] married [[Rebekkah]], his first cousin once removed. ([[Genesis]] 24:12-51) |
| − | * Jacob married two of his cousins, Rachel and Leah. (Genesis chapters 28-29) | + | * [[Jacob]] married two of his cousins, [[Rachel]] and [[Leah]]. (Genesis chapters 28-29) |
| | * Zelophehad's five orphaned daughters were commanded by God to marry cousins. (Numbers 36:11 ''For Mahlal, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's brothers' sons'') | | * Zelophehad's five orphaned daughters were commanded by God to marry cousins. (Numbers 36:11 ''For Mahlal, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's brothers' sons'') |
| | * Eleazar's daughters each married first cousins, as they were commanded. (1 Chronicles 23:22) | | * Eleazar's daughters each married first cousins, as they were commanded. (1 Chronicles 23:22) |
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| | *[[Rudy Giuliani]] and [[Regina Peruggi]], second cousins | | *[[Rudy Giuliani]] and [[Regina Peruggi]], second cousins |
| | *[[Muhammad]] and [[Zaynab bint Jahsh]], first cousins | | *[[Muhammad]] and [[Zaynab bint Jahsh]], first cousins |
| − | *[[H. G.. Wells]] and [[Isabell Mary Wells]], first cousins | + | *[[H. G. Wells]] and [[Isabell Mary Wells]], first cousins |
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