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Lot and His Daughters

30 And Lot went out from Zoar and settled in the hill country[a] with his two daughters, for he was afraid to stay in Zoar. So he lived in a cave, he and his two daughters. 31 And the firstborn daughter said to the younger one, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to come in to us according to the manner of all the land. 32 Come, let us give our father wine to drink and let us lie with him[b] that we may secure descendants through our father.”[c] 33 And they gave their father wine to drink that night, and the firstborn went and lay with her father, but he did not know when she lay down or when she got up. 34 And it happened that, the next day the firstborn said to the younger one, “Look, I laid with my father last night. Let us give him wine to drink also tonight, then go and lie with him that we may secure descendants through our father.”[d] 35 And they gave their father wine to drink again that night, and the younger got up and lay with him, but he did not know when she lay down or when she got up. 36 And the two daughters of Lot became pregnant by their father. 37 The firstborn gave birth to a son, and she called his name Moab. He is the father of Moab until this day. 38 And the younger, she also gave birth to a son, and she called his name Ben-Ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites[e] until this day.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 19:30 Or “mountain”
  2. Genesis 19:32 Idiom for “have sexual intercourse with him”
  3. Genesis 19:32 Literally “that we might preserve offspring from our father”
  4. Genesis 19:34 Literally “that we might preserve offspring from our father”
  5. Genesis 19:38 Literally “sons/children of Ammon”

The Descendants of Lot

30 Then Lot went up out of Zoar and (A)dwelt in the mountains, and his two daughters were with him; for he was afraid to dwell in Zoar. And he and his two daughters dwelt in a cave. 31 Now the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man on the earth (B)to come in to us as is the custom of all the earth. 32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we (C)may preserve the [a]lineage of our father.” 33 So 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.

34 It happened on the next day that the firstborn said to the younger, “Indeed I lay with my father last night; let us make him drink wine tonight also, and you go in and lie with him, that we may preserve the [b]lineage of our father.” 35 Then they made their father drink wine that night also. And the younger arose and lay with him, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.

36 Thus both the daughters of Lot were with child by their father. 37 The firstborn bore a son and called his name Moab; (D)he is the father of the Moabites to this day. 38 And the younger, she also bore a son and called his name Ben-Ammi; (E)he is the father of the people of Ammon to this day.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 19:32 Lit. seed
  2. Genesis 19:34 Lit. seed