So again that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the younger daughter went in and slept with him; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.
Parallel translations
- WEB They made their father drink wine that night also. The younger went and lay with him. He didn’t know when she lay down, nor when she got up.
- KJV And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
- NKJV Then they made their father drink wine that night also. And the younger arose and lay with him, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.
- NASB So they had their father drink wine that night too, and the younger got up and slept with him; and he did not know when she lay down or got up.
- NLT So that night they got him drunk with wine again, and the younger daughter went in and had intercourse with him. As before, he was unaware of her lying down or getting up again.
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Quick answer
The younger daughter likewise gets Lot drunk and lies with him. The shameful plan is carried out a second night.
Overview
Lot, once delivered from Sodom by grace, is again overcome, this time by his own daughters' deception and his drunkenness. The repeated emphasis that he 'didn't know' underscores both his impairment and the daughters' guilt. The fall of a righteous man rescued by mercy shows that deliverance from judgment does not guarantee freedom from sin's lingering effects, and points to the need for a greater salvation.
Cross-references & the web
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- Prov 24:16For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.
- Eccl 7:26And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
- Luke 21:34But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
- 1 Cor 10:11–12Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.
- Ps 8:4what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?
- 1 Pet 4:7The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.
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