⁸ Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do what you like with them. But don’t do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”^(A)

²⁴ Look, here is my virgin daughter,^(A) and his concubine. I will bring them out to you now, and you can use them and do to them whatever you wish. But as for this man, don’t do such an outrageous thing.”

³¹ One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man around here to give us children—as is the custom all over the earth. ³² Let’s get our father to drink wine and then sleep with him and preserve our family line^(A) through our father.”^(B)

³³ That night they got their father to drink wine, and the older daughter went in and slept with him. He was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.^(C)

³⁴ The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Last night I slept with my father. Let’s get him to drink wine again tonight, and you go in and sleep with him so we can preserve our family line through our father.”^{(D) 35} So they got their father to drink wine^(E) that night also, and the younger daughter went in and slept with him. Again he was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.^(F)

³⁶ So both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.^{(G) 37} The older daughter had a son, and she named him Moab^[a];^(H) he is the father of the Moabites^(I) of today. ³⁸ The younger daughter also had a son, and she named him Ben-Ammi^[b]; he is the father of the Ammonites^[c](J) of today.

⁸ Why not say—as some slanderously claim that we say—“Let us do evil that good may result”?^(A) Their condemnation is just!

⁶ (He did not know what to say, they were so frightened.)

¹⁵ “The thornbush said to the trees, ‘If you really want to anoint me king over you, come and take refuge in my shade;^(A) but if not, then let fire come out^(B) of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon!’^(C)

²² “Do not be angry,^(A) my lord,” Aaron answered. “You know how prone these people are to evil.^(B)

³⁷ Then Reuben said to his father, “You may put both of my sons to death if I do not bring him back to you. Entrust him to my care,^(A) and I will bring him back.”^(B)