[madison10]

That’s right. Many families in the ancient world referred to first cousins as brothers and sisters and still do today in Russia.

The meanings then are not the same as in our time.

THAT is a Catholic cop out. The Bible explicitly states that Joseph "did not know" his wife until after Jesus was born. The knowing, as you may surmise, is S3X.

[Hostage]

Post #70. Yes I knew that.

And no it’s not any sort of ‘cop out’.