They made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father. He didn’t know when she lay down, nor when she arose.
Parallel translations
- KJV And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
- BSB 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.
- NKJV So they made their father drink wine that night. And the firstborn went in and lay with her father, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.
- NASB So they made their father drink wine that night, and the firstborn went in and slept with her father; and he did not know when she lay down or got up.
- NLT So that night they got him drunk with wine, and the older daughter went in and had intercourse with her father. He was unaware of her lying down or getting up again.
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Quick answer
Lot's firstborn daughter gets him drunk and lies with him to bear a child. The episode shows how Sodom's corruption had infected even Lot's household.
Overview
Believing no men were left to marry them, Lot's daughters resort to incest, a grave sin, made possible by intoxicating their father. The narrative reports the act plainly without endorsing it, and Lot's drunkenness recalls Noah's after the flood. Scripture honestly records the failures of its people, magnifying the grace of a God who works His redemptive purposes despite human sin.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Lev 18:6–7“‘None of you shall approach anyone who are his close relatives, to uncover their nakedness: I am Yahweh.
- Prov 20:1Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
- Prov 23:29–35Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
- Hab 2:15–16“Woe to him who gives his neighbor drink, pouring your inflaming wine until they are drunk, so that you may gaze at their naked bodies!
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From the first promise that the seed of the woman would crush the serpent (3:15), through Abraham's blessing to all nations and Judah's coming ruler, Genesis sows every seed that flowers in Christ — the true offspring, the better Adam, the ram caught for Isaac.
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