Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
Parallel translations
- WEB Thus both of Lot’s daughters were with child by their father.
- BSB Thus both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.
- NKJV Thus both the daughters of Lot were with child by their father.
- NASB And so both of the daughters of Lot conceived by their father.
- NLT As a result, both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their own father.
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Quick answer
Both of Lot's daughters conceive by their father. The incestuous union produces offspring, setting up the origin of two neighboring nations.
Overview
The verse states the outcome of the sin without comment, leaving the moral judgment to the reader and the law. These pregnancies will give rise to Moab and Ammon, peoples who later oppose Israel. Yet remarkably, God's redemptive grace later reaches into Moab through Ruth, an ancestor of David and ultimately of Christ, showing mercy triumphing over a sinful beginning.
Cross-references & the web
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- Hab 2:15Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
- Lev 18:6–7None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.
- Judg 1:7And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
- 1 Sam 15:33And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.
- Gen 19:8Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
- Matt 7:2For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
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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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