Keraia
Genesis 19

Genesis 19:33

Lot and His Daughters · Genesis 19:30–38
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Translations

Modern
So that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the firstborn went in and slept with her father; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.
Traditional
And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
Literal
And they made their father drink wine that night, and the firstborn went in and lay with her father, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.
Latin
Dederunt itaque patri suo bibere vinum nocte illa. Et ingressa est major, dormivitque cum patre; at ille non sensit, nec quando accubuit filia, nec quando surrexit.

Original

Hebrew
English
So that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the firstborn went in and slept with her father; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.

Notes

Genesis 19:30–35

Sodom's culture apparently influenced Lot’s daughters more than their father's values. They had no issues having children with their drunk father because they saw no other way to continue their family line (see 9:21–22).

Genesis 19:30–38

The poverty of the cave contrasts with the wealth Lot shared with Abram and the good life he lived in Sodom. Abraham would father a righteous nation (17:1), but Lot and his daughters started a new Sodom.

Genesis 19:1–38

The Canaanites were evil people who tried to corrupt others. God judged their immoral civilization and warned others not to be like them. It was difficult to get Lot and his family out of Sodom. But it was even more difficult to remove Sodom's influence from them.

This chapter helped later Israelites understand the moral and spiritual dangers of the people living in and around the promised land. This included the Canaanites and Lot’s descendants, the Moabites and the Ammonites (see Numbers 22–25; Deuteronomy 23:3–6; Joshua 24:9; Judges 10:7–9; 11:4–5; 1 Samuel 10:27; 1 Kings 11:1–3; 2 Kings 24:2).

Glossary

Abraham Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Cities of the Plain Dead Sea Ebla Tablets Ezekiel, Book of Genesis, Book of Gomorrah Incest Jude, Letter of Lot Patriarchs, Period of the Peter, Second Letter of Sodom and Gomorrah

Topics

Adultery: Lot Children: Wicked: Lot's Daughters Drunkenness: Lot Incest: Lot with his Daughters Lasciviousness: Lot's Daughters Lot: The Son of Haran: Commits Incest with his Daughters Women: The Daughters of Lot, in Their Incestuous Lust