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That way we will preserve our family line through our father.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/19.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve offspring from our father.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/19.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Come, let us get our father drunk with wine so we can sleep with him and preserve his line.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/19.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/19.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve the lineage of our father.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/19.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Come, let’s make our father drink wine, and let’s sleep with him so that we may keep our family alive through our father.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/19.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Come, let us make our father drink wine, and let us lie with him that we may preserve our family through our father.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/19.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Come, let us make our father drink wine, and let us lie with him, that we may preserve our family through our father.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/19.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Come, let us make our father drink wine, and let us lie with him that we may preserve <i>our</i> seed through our father.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/19.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Come, let us make our father drunk with wine, and we will lie with him so that we may preserve our family through our father.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/19.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Come, let’s get our father to drink wine so that we can sleep with him and preserve our father’s line.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/19.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Come, let&#8217s get our father to drink wine so that we can sleep with him and preserve our father&#8217s line.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/19.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/19.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Let's get our father drunk! Then we can sleep with him and have children." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/19.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/19.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Let's give our father wine to drink. Then we'll go to bed with him so that we'll be able to preserve our family line through our father."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/19.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Come on, let's get our father drunk, so that we can sleep with him and have children by him." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/19.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Come on! Let's make our father drink wine, and then we'll have sex with him so we can preserve our father's lineage."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/19.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Come, let us get our father drunk with wine so we can sleep with him and preserve his line.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/19.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Come, let's make our father drunk with wine so we can have sexual relations with him and preserve our family line through our father." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/19.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Come, let's make our father drink wine, and we will sleep with him, that we may preserve our family through our father."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/19.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/19.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Come, let’s make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve our father’s family line.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/19.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />come, we cause our father to drink wine, and lie with him, and preserve a seed from our father.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/19.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> come, we cause our father to drink wine, and lie with him, and preserve from our father -- a seed.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/19.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Come, we will give to our father wine to drink, and we will lie down with him, and we shall preserve alive seed from our father.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/19.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Come, let us make him drunk with wine, and let us lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/19.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Come, let us inebriate him with wine, and let us sleep with him, so that we may be able to preserve offspring from our father.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/19.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Come, let us ply our father with wine and then lie with him, that we may ensure posterity by our father.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/19.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, so that we may preserve offspring through our father.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/19.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Come, let us make our father drink wine and we will lie with him so that we may raise an offspring from our father.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/19.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Come, we will give wine to drink to our father, and we will lie with him and we will raise up seed from our father.”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/19.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/19.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Come and let us make our father drink wine, and let us sleep with him, and let us raise up seed from our father.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/19-32.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=4299" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/19.htm">Lot and His Daughters</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">31</span>One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us, as is the custom over all the earth. <span class="reftext">32</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: lə·ḵāh (V-Qal-Imp-ms:: 3fs) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">Come,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ā·ḇî·nū (N-msc:: 1cp) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">let us get our father</a> <a href="/hebrew/8248.htm" title="8248: naš·qeh (V-Hifil-Imperf.h-1cp) -- Cause to drink water, give to drink. A primitive root; to quaff, i.e. to irrigate or furnish a potion to.">drunk</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3196.htm" title="3196: ya·yin (N-ms) -- Wine. From an unused root meaning to effervesce; wine; by implication, intoxication.">with wine</a> <a href="/hebrew/7901.htm" title="7901: wə·niš·kə·ḇāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf.Cohort-1cp) -- To lie down. A primitive root; to lie down.">so we can sleep</a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: ‘im·mōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">with him</a> <a href="/hebrew/2421.htm" title="2421: ū·nə·ḥay·yeh (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjImperf.h-1cp) -- To live, to revive. A primitive root; to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive.">and preserve</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: mê·’ā·ḇî·nū (Prep-m:: N-msc:: 1cp) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">his</a> <a href="/hebrew/2233.htm" title="2233: zā·ra‘ (N-ms) -- A sowing, seed, offspring. From zara'; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity.">line.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">33</span>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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/18-6.htm">Leviticus 18:6-7</a></span><br />None of you are to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD. / You must not expose the nakedness of your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/18-17.htm">Leviticus 18:17</a></span><br />You must not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sexual relations with her. They are close relatives; it is depraved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/27-22.htm">Deuteronomy 27:22</a></span><br />‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/13-11.htm">2 Samuel 13:11-14</a></span><br />And when she had brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her and said, “Come lie with me, my sister!” / “No, my brother!” she cried. “Do not violate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing! / Where could I ever take my shame? And you would be like one of the fools in Israel! Please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/16-49.htm">Ezekiel 16:49-50</a></span><br />Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy. / Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them, as you have seen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/19-24.htm">Judges 19:24</a></span><br />Look, let me bring out my virgin daughter and the man’s concubine, and you can use them and do with them as you wish. But do not do such a vile thing to this man.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-6.htm">2 Peter 2:6-8</a></span><br />if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly; / and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless / (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-26.htm">Romans 1:26-27</a></span><br />For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. / Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/5-1.htm">1 Corinthians 5:1</a></span><br />It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-9.htm">1 Corinthians 6:9-10</a></span><br />Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-3.htm">Ephesians 5:3-5</a></span><br />But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed. / Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving. / For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/5-19.htm">Galatians 5:19-21</a></span><br />The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; / idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, / and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/3-5.htm">Colossians 3:5-6</a></span><br />Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry. / Because of these, the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/4-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:3-5</a></span><br />For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality; / each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, / not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jude/1-7.htm">Jude 1:7</a></span><br />In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.</p><p class="hdg">Come.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/11-3.htm">Genesis 11:3</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="hdg">drink.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/9-21.htm">Genesis 9:21</a></b></br> And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/23-31.htm">Proverbs 23:31-33</a></b></br> Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, <i>when</i> it moveth itself aright… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/habakkuk/2-15.htm">Habakkuk 2:15,16</a></b></br> Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to <i>him</i>, and makest <i>him</i> drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness! … </p><p class="hdg">seed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/18-6.htm">Leviticus 18:6,7</a></b></br> None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover <i>their</i> nakedness: I <i>am</i> the LORD… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/mark/12-19.htm">Mark 12:19</a></b></br> Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave <i>his</i> wife <i>behind him</i>, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/16-13.htm">Alive</a> <a href="/genesis/19-4.htm">Bed</a> <a href="/genesis/18-23.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/genesis/9-21.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/genesis/19-12.htm">Family</a> <a href="/genesis/12-1.htm">Father's</a> <a href="/genesis/13-9.htm">Let's</a> <a href="/genesis/17-16.htm">Offspring</a> <a href="/2_timothy/4-18.htm">Preserve</a> <a href="/genesis/17-19.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/genesis/14-18.htm">Wine</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/25-6.htm">Alive</a> <a href="/genesis/19-33.htm">Bed</a> <a href="/genesis/19-33.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/genesis/19-33.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/genesis/24-27.htm">Family</a> <a href="/genesis/19-34.htm">Father's</a> <a href="/genesis/31-44.htm">Let's</a> <a href="/genesis/21-12.htm">Offspring</a> <a href="/genesis/19-34.htm">Preserve</a> <a href="/genesis/19-34.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/genesis/19-33.htm">Wine</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 19</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/19-1.htm">Lot entertains two angels.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/19-4.htm">The vicious Sodomites are smitten with blindness.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/19-12.htm">Lot is warned, and in vain warns his sons-in-law.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/19-15.htm">He is directed to flee to the mountains, but obtains leave to go into Zoar.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/19-24.htm">Sodom and Gomorrah are destroyed.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/19-26.htm">Lot's wife looks back and becomes a pillar of salt.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/19-29.htm">Lot dwells in a cave.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/19-31.htm">The incestuous origin of Moab and Ammon.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The context is post-destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, where Lot and his daughters are isolated in a cave. The daughters' plan to intoxicate their father highlights the lack of faith and trust in God's provision. Wine, often used in biblical times for celebration and ritual, here becomes a tool for manipulation. This act contrasts with biblical teachings on honoring one's parents (<a href="/exodus/20-12.htm">Exodus 20:12</a>) and the dangers of drunkenness (<a href="/proverbs/20.htm">Proverbs 20:1</a>).<p><b>so we can sleep with him</b><br>The daughters' intention to sleep with their father is a direct violation of the moral and ethical laws later codified in <a href="/leviticus/18-6.htm">Leviticus 18:6-18</a>, which prohibits incestuous relationships. This act is driven by fear and a misunderstanding of God's promises, as they believe they are the last humans on earth. The cultural context of the time placed a high value on lineage and offspring, which may have influenced their drastic decision. This incident foreshadows the complex relationships and moral failures that will continue to challenge the descendants of Lot.<p><b>and preserve his line.”</b><br>The desire to preserve their father's line underscores the importance of family lineage in ancient Near Eastern culture. The daughters' actions, though misguided, reflect a concern for legacy and continuity, which were significant in biblical narratives. This event leads to the birth of Moab and Ben-Ammi, ancestors of the Moabites and Ammonites, respectively. These nations later become adversaries of Israel, illustrating how human actions can have long-lasting consequences. The preservation of lineage is a recurring theme in Scripture, ultimately pointing to the genealogy of Jesus Christ, who fulfills God's promise of a Savior through the line of Abraham (<a href="/matthew/1.htm">Matthew 1:1-17</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/l/lot.htm">Lot</a></b><br>Nephew of Abraham, who settled in Sodom. After the city's destruction, he fled to the mountains with his daughters.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/l/lot's_daughters.htm">Lot's Daughters</a></b><br>The two unnamed daughters of Lot who, fearing the end of their family line, devised a plan to preserve it through their father.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/sodom.htm">Sodom</a></b><br>The city destroyed by God due to its wickedness, from which Lot and his daughters escaped.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/z/zoar.htm">Zoar</a></b><br>The small town Lot initially fled to after Sodom's destruction before moving to the mountains.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_cave.htm">The Cave</a></b><br>The place where Lot and his daughters took refuge, leading to the events described in <a href="/genesis/19-32.htm">Genesis 19:32</a>.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_fear_and_desperation.htm">The Consequences of Fear and Desperation</a></b><br>Lot's daughters acted out of fear and desperation, leading to sinful decisions. We must trust God in uncertain times rather than resorting to sinful solutions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_dangers_of_alcohol.htm">The Dangers of Alcohol</a></b><br>The account illustrates how alcohol can impair judgment and lead to sin. Christians are called to exercise self-control and avoid situations where alcohol might lead to poor decisions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_godly_influence.htm">The Importance of Godly Influence</a></b><br>Lot's daughters' actions reflect the moral decay of Sodom. It is crucial to surround ourselves with godly influences to maintain righteous living.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/generational_impact_of_sin.htm">Generational Impact of Sin</a></b><br>The actions of Lot's daughters had long-term consequences, leading to the birth of the Moabites and Ammonites, who later opposed Israel. Our sins can have lasting effects beyond our immediate circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_grace_amidst_sin.htm">God's Grace Amidst Sin</a></b><br>Despite the sinfulness of Lot's daughters, God still worked through their lineage, as Ruth, a Moabite, became part of the lineage of Christ. This shows God's ability to redeem even the most flawed situations.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_19.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 19</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_sin_did_lot's_daughters_commit.htm">What sin did Lot's daughters commit?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/israel's_leaders'_genealogies,_reigns.htm">What are the genealogies and reigns of Israel's leaders?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_were_moab_and_ammon_biblically.htm">Who were Moab and Ammon in biblical history?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/father's_past_actions'_effects.htm">What are the consequences of a father's past actions?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/19.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(32) <span class= "bld">That we may preserve seed of our father.</span>--This was a very strong feeling in ancient times, and affords the sole excuse for the revolting conduct of these women. The utter degradation of Lot and his family is the most painful part of his story, which thus ends in his intense shame.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/19.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 32.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Come, let us make our father drink wine</span>, - either, therefore, Lot had not left Sodom totally unprovided (Inglis), or some little time had elapsed after his escaping to the mountain cave, since his daughters are provided with this intoxicating beverage - <span class="cmt_word">and we will He with him.</span> Considering the town in which the daughters of Lot had been reared, the mother of whom they were the offspring, and the example they had received from their father (Ver. 8), "we can understand, though we cannot cease to abhor, their incestuous conduct" (Kalisch). Their proposal was revolting and unnatural in the extreme. By subsequent Mosaic legislation a transgression of such enormity was rendered punishable by death. Even in the present instance the perpetrators were not wholly unconscious of the wickedness of their conduct. The fact that they required a stratagem for the attainment of their purpose shows that at least they could not calculate on their father's approbation. The entire story has been regarded as the invention of later Jewish hatred to the Moabites and Ammonites (De Wette), a conjecture believed by some to be " not improbable (Rosenmüller); but if so, how should the same writer exhibit Abraham (<a href="/genesis/18-23.htm">Genesis 18:23</a>) as filled with compassionate tenderness towards the cities of the plain? (Havernick). <span class="cmt_word">That we may preserve seed of our father.</span> Literally, <span class="accented">quicken or vivify seed</span> (cf. Ver. 34). Lot's daughters may be credited with whatever virtue may be supposed to reside in this motive for their conduct. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/19-32.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Come,</span><br /><span class="heb">לְכָ֨ה</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḵāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">let us get our father</span><br /><span class="heb">אָבִ֛ינוּ</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḇî·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">drunk</span><br /><span class="heb">נַשְׁקֶ֧ה</span> <span class="translit">(naš·qeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8248.htm">Strong's 8248: </a> </span><span class="str2">To quaff, to irrigate, furnish a, potion to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with wine,</span><br /><span class="heb">יַ֖יִן</span> <span class="translit">(ya·yin)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3196.htm">Strong's 3196: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wine, intoxication</span><br /><br /><span class="word">so that we can sleep</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנִשְׁכְּבָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·niš·kə·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7901.htm">Strong's 7901: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lie down</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with</span><br /><span class="heb">עִמּ֑וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(‘im·mōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5973.htm">Strong's 5973: </a> </span><span class="str2">With, equally with</span><br /><br /><span class="word">him and preserve</span><br /><span class="heb">וּנְחַיֶּ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(ū·nə·ḥay·yeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2421.htm">Strong's 2421: </a> </span><span class="str2">To live, to revive</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[his]</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵאָבִ֖ינוּ</span> <span class="translit">(mê·’ā·ḇî·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">line.”</span><br /><span class="heb">זָֽרַע׃</span> <span class="translit">(zā·ra‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2233.htm">Strong's 2233: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/19-32.htm">Genesis 19:32 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/19-32.htm">Genesis 19:32 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/19-32.htm">Genesis 19:32 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/19-32.htm">Genesis 19:32 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/19-32.htm">Genesis 19:32 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/19-32.htm">Genesis 19:32 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/19-32.htm">Genesis 19:32 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/19-32.htm">Genesis 19:32 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/19-32.htm">Genesis 19:32 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/19-32.htm">Genesis 19:32 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/19-32.htm">OT Law: Genesis 19:32 Come let's make our father drink wine (Gen. 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