Genesis 19:31-32

19:31 Later the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man anywhere nearby to have sexual relations with us, according to the way of all the world. 19:32 Come, let’s make our father drunk with wine so we can have sexual relations with him and preserve our family line through our father.”


tn Heb “and the firstborn said.”

tn Or perhaps “on earth,” in which case the statement would be hyperbolic; presumably there had been some men living in the town of Zoar to which Lot and his daughters had initially fled.

tn Heb “to enter upon us.” This is a euphemism for sexual relations.

tn Heb “drink wine.”

tn Heb “and we will lie down.” The cohortative with vav (ו) conjunctive is subordinated to the preceding cohortative and indicates purpose/result.

tn Or “that we may preserve.” Here the cohortative with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates their ultimate goal.

tn Heb “and we will keep alive from our father descendants.”