Genesis 19:35

33 So that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the firstborn went in and slept with her father; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.

34 The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Look, I slept with my father last night. Let us get him drunk with wine again tonight so you can go in and sleep with him and we can preserve our father’s line.”

So again that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the younger daughter went in and slept with him; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.

36 Thus both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.

37 The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of today.

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.

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BSB
So again that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the younger daughter went in and slept with him; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.
KJV
And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
WEB
They made their father drink wine that night also. The younger went and lay with him. He didn’t know when she lay down, nor when she got up.
ASV
And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
DARBY
And they gave their father wine to drink that night also. And the younger arose, and lay with him; and he did not know of her lying down, nor of her rising.
BLB
And 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.
ÅB
Så gav de også den natt sin far vin å drikke; og den yngste gikk og la seg hos ham, og han merket det ikke, hverken da hun la seg, eller da hun sto opp.
OTB
Så de fikk sin far til å drikke vin den natten også, og den yngre reiste seg og lå med ham; han visste ikke når hun la seg eller når hun sto opp.
B1930
Så gav de også den natt sin far vin å drikke; og den yngste gikk og la sig hos ham, og han merket det ikke, hverken da hun la sig, eller da hun stod op.

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Cross references

  • 1 Corinthians 10:11–12

    Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.

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  • Ecclesiastes 7:26

    And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.

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  • 1 Peter 4:7

    The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.

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  • Luke 21:34

    But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.

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  • Psalms 8:4

    what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?

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  • Proverbs 24:16

    For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.

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