Genesis 19:31

²⁹ And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.

³⁰ And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.

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.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us, as is the custom over all the earth.
KJV: 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:
WEB: The firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is not a man on the earth to come in to us in the way of all the earth.
ASV: And the first-born 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:
DARBY: And the first-born said to the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the land to come in to us after the manner of all the earth:
BLB: And the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father [is] old, and [there is] no man on the earth to come in to us, as is the way of all the earth.

ÅB: Da sa den eldste til den yngste: Vår far er gammel, og det finnes ingen mann her i landet som kan gå inn til oss etter all verdens vis.
OTB: Den førstefødte sa til den yngre, "Vår far er gammel, og det er ingen mann på jorden til å komme til oss etter alle jordens skikk.
B1930: Da sa den eldste til den yngste: Vår far er gammel, og det finnes ingen mann her i landet som kan gå inn til oss efter all verdens vis.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Deuteronomy 25:5
If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband’s brother unto her.
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Isaiah 4:1
And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.
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Genesis 6:4
There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
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Genesis 4:1
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
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Genesis 16:2
And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
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Genesis 16:4
And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
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Genesis 38:8–9
And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
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Genesis 38:14–30
And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.
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