Why Did Jehovah permit marriage between brothers and sisters in the past?

[Jack Ryan]

 

[JAMMY]

A good explanation of why Jehovah permitted marriages between brothers and sisters can be found in the article that can be read at

• w10 9/1 p. 25
• Where Did Cain Find His Wife?
• God created Adam and Eve perfect and purposed that ALL humankind descend from them. (Gen. 1:28; 3:20
• ²⁷  And God went on to create the man in his image, in God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.+ ²⁸  Further, God blessed them, and God said to them: “Be fruitful and become many, fill the earth+ 
• Obviously some marrying of close relatives, especially within the first few generations, would occur
• But later, in the Law given through Moses, such marriage unions were specifically forbidden. (Lev. 18:9, 11