Genesis 19:35-38
The Message
33-35 They got their father drunk with wine that very night. The older daughter went and lay with him. He was oblivious, knowing nothing of what she did. The next morning the older said to the younger, “Last night I slept with my father. Tonight, it’s your turn. We’ll get him drunk again and then you sleep with him. We’ll both get a child through our father and keep our family alive.” So that night they got their father drunk again and the younger went in and slept with him. Again he was oblivious, knowing nothing of what she did.
36-38 Both daughters became pregnant by their father, Lot. The older daughter had a son and named him Moab, the ancestor of the present-day Moabites. The younger daughter had a son and named him Ben-Ammi, the ancestor of the present-day Ammonites.
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Genesis 19:35-37
New International Version
35 So they got their father to drink wine(A) that night also, and the younger daughter went in and slept with him. Again he was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.(B)
36 So both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.(C) 37 The older daughter had a son, and she named him Moab[a];(D) he is the father of the Moabites(E) of today.
Footnotes
- Genesis 19:37 Moab sounds like the Hebrew for from father.
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