Genesis 19:31

And the elder said to the younger, Our father is aged, and there is no man in the earth to go in unto us according to the way of all the earth.

Targum Onkelos

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

30And Lot went up from Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him: for he feared to dwell in Zoar; and he dwelt in a cavern, he and his two daughters.

32Come, we will pour father wine, and will lie with him, and raise up sons from our father.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:4Giants were in the earth in those days; and also when, after that the sons of the mighty had gone in unto the daughters of men, there were born from them giants who from of old were men of name.

Genesis 16:4And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived, and she saw that she had conceived, and her mistress was despised in her eyes.

Genesis 38:8And Jehuda said to Onan, Go in with the wife of thy brother, and associate with her, and raise up seed to thy brother.

Deuteronomy 25:5If brothers dwell together, and one of them die, having no son, the wife of the deceased shall not marry another man without; her husband’s brother shall go to her, and take her to him to wife, and marry her for his brother.

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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