And so both of the daughters of Lot conceived by their father.
Parallel translations
- WEB Thus both of Lot’s daughters were with child by their father.
- KJV Thus were both the daughters of Lot 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.
- 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 2:15“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!
- Lev 18:6–7“‘None of you shall approach anyone who are his close relatives, to uncover their nakedness: I am Yahweh.
- Judg 1:7Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their big toes cut off, scavenged under my table. As I have done, so God has done to me.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
- 1 Sam 15:33Samuel said, “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women!” Then Samuel cut Agag in pieces before Yahweh in Gilgal.
- Gen 19:8See now, I have two virgin daughters. Please let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them what seems good to you. Only don’t do anything to these men, because they have come under the shadow of my roof.”
- Matt 7:2For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you.
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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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