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Genesis 19:31

Sometime later the older daughter said to the younger one, “Our father is growing old, and there's no men left to give us children like everyone does.

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In The King James Version

And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:

In Context

30Lot was afraid to stay in Zoar, so he left town and went to live in a cave in the mountains with his two daughters.

32Come on, let's get our father drunk with wine and sleep with him so we can keep his family line going.”

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Cross References

Genesis 6:4There were giants on earth in those days, and also later on. They were born after the sons of God slept with the daughters of these people. Their sons became the great warriors and famous men of ancient times.

Genesis 16:4Abram slept with Hagar and she became pregnant. When she realized she was pregnant, she treated her mistress with contempt.

Genesis 38:8Judah told Onan, “Go and sleep with your brother's wife to fulfill the requirements of a brother-in-law to have children on behalf of your brother.”

Deuteronomy 25:5When two brothers live near to each other and one of them dies without having a son, the widow is not to marry a stranger outside the family. Her husband's brother is to marry her and sleep with her, fulfilling the requirements of a brother-in-law to provide her with children.

Mark 9:6(He really didn't know what to say because they were all so frightened!)

Matthew Henry on Genesis 19:31-38

Lot's Disgrace. ( b. c. 1898.) 30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. 31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth: 32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. 33 And they made their father drink wine that… Read the whole commentary →

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