Genesis 19:33

And they poured their father wine in that night; and the elder went in and lay with her father; and he knew not, in her lying down nor in her rising up.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.

In Context

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

34And it was in the day which followed that the elder said to the younger, Behold, I lay yesterday with the father: let us give wine also in the night, and go thou in, lie with him, and we will raise up sons from our father.

Read all of Genesis 19

Cross References

Leviticus 18:6No man shall come nigh to any of his own flesh to uncover the nakedness; I am the Lord.

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Genesis 19:33