Genesis 19:32
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.
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:
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.
34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
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
- Come, let us get our father drunk with wine so we can sleep with him and preserve his line.”
- KJV
- Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
- WEB
- Come, let’s make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve our father’s family line.”
- ASV
- come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
- DARBY
- come, let us give our father wine to drink, and let us lie with him, that we may preserve seed alive of our father.
- BLB
- Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve the seed of our father.”
- ÅB
- Kom, la oss gi vår far vin å drikke og legge oss hos ham, så vi kan holde slekten i live ved vår far!
- OTB
- Kom, la oss få vår far til å drikke vin, og vi vil ligge med ham, så vi kan bevare vår slektslinje gjennom vår far."
- B1930
- Kom, la oss gi vår far vin å drikke og legge oss hos ham, så vi kan holde ætten i live ved vår far!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Leviticus 18:6–7
None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.
Read in contextGenesis 11:3
And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
Read in contextMark 12:19
Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
Read in contextGenesis 9:21
And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
Read in contextProverbs 23:31–33
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
Read in contextHabakkuk 2:15–16
Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
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