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31 Then the first-born daughter said to the younger one, “Our father is old. And there is not a man on earth to marry us. 32 Come, let us make our father drink wine. Let us lie with him, so we may keep our family through our father.” 33 So they made their father drink wine that night. And the first-born went in and lay with her father. He did not know when she lay down or when she got up.

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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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