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31 The older one said to the younger one, “Our father is getting old and there is no one in this territory to marry us as happens all over the earth. 32 Come, we will give wine to our father and then lie with him; thus we will provide descendants for our father.”

33 That night they gave wine to their father, and the older sister laid with her father. He did not realize what was happening, not even when she lay down or when she got out of bed.

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31 One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man around here to give us children—as is the custom all over the earth. 32 Let’s get our father to drink wine and then sleep with him and preserve our family line(A) through our father.”(B)

33 That night they got their father to drink wine, and the older daughter went in and slept with him. He was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.(C)

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