Genesis 19:31-33
1599 Geneva Bible
31 And the elder said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the [a]earth, to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth.
32 Come, we will make our father [b]drink wine, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
33 So they made their father drink wine that night, and the elder went and lay with her father: but he perceived not, neither when she lay down, neither when she rose up.
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- Genesis 19:31 Meaning in the country, which the Lord had now destroyed.
- Genesis 19:32 For except he had been overcome with wine, he would never have done that abominable act.
Genesis 19:31-33
King James Version
31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
33 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.
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