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Father-in-Law

A father-in-law is the father of a person's husband or wife. For example, if a woman marries a man, her father-in-law is her husband's father. Similarly, a man’s father-in-law is the father of his wife.

See Family Life and Relations.

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)The classic article on this subjectNave’s Topical Bible (1896)What the Bible says, point by point on this subject

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