Theft of Seed

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Theft of Seed

Theft of Seed

The acquisition of a man's seed for the purpose of procreation from him without his knowledge or consent.

("And the LORD visited Sarah, and Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, teaching that she did not steal seed from another place, a son in his old age, teaching that there was a shining image of him resembling him, for the time that God had spoken of" - Bereishit Rabba (Vilna edition) Parashat Vayera, paragraph 53)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

גְּנֵבַת זֶרַע

Definition (Hebrew)

הַשָּׂגַת זֶרַע שֶׁל גֶּבֶר לְצֹרֶךְ הוֹלָדָה מִמֶּנּוּ וְזֹאת לְלֹא יְדִיעָתוֹ אוֹ הַסְכָּמָתוֹ שֶׁל הַגֶּבֶר לְכָךְ.

("וַה' פָּקַד אֶת שָׂרָה, וַתַּהַר וַתֵּלֶד שָׂרָה לְאַבְרָהָם בֵּן לִזְקֻנָיו מְלַמֵּד שֶׁלֹּא גָּנְבָה זֶרַע מִמָּקוֹם אַחֵר, בֵּן לִזְקוּנָיו, מְלַמֵּד שֶׁהָיָה זִיו אִיקוֹנִין שֶׁלוֹ דּוֹמֶה לוֹ, לַמּוֹעֵד אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר אֹתוֹ אֱלֹהִים"- בְּרֵאשִׁית רַבָּה (וִילְנָא) פָּרָשַׁת וַיַּרְא פָּרָשָׁה נג)

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