Genesis 19:31
Context19:31 Later the older daughter said 1 to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man anywhere nearby 2 to have sexual relations with us, 3 according to the way of all the world.
Genesis 19:35
Context19:35 So they made their father drunk 4 that night as well, and the younger one came and had sexual relations with him. 5 But he was not aware that she had sexual relations with him and then got up. 6
[19:31] 1 tn Heb “and the firstborn said.”
[19:31] 2 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.
[19:31] 3 tn Heb “to enter upon us.” This is a euphemism for sexual relations.
[19:35] 4 tn Heb “drink wine.”
[19:35] 5 tn Heb “lied down with him.”
[19:35] 6 tn Heb “And he did not know when she lied down and when she arose.”





