Genesis 19:33-35
Context19:33 So that night they made their father drunk with wine, 1 and the older daughter 2 came and had sexual relations with her father. 3 But he was not aware that she had sexual relations with him and then got up. 4 19:34 So in the morning the older daughter 5 said to the younger, “Since I had sexual relations with my father last night, let’s make him drunk again tonight. 6 Then you go and have sexual relations with him so we can preserve our family line through our father.” 7 19:35 So they made their father drunk 8 that night as well, and the younger one came and had sexual relations with him. 9 But he was not aware that she had sexual relations with him and then got up. 10
[19:33] 1 tn Heb “drink wine.”
[19:33] 2 tn Heb “the firstborn.”
[19:33] 3 tn Heb “and the firstborn came and lied down with her father.” The expression “lied down with” here and in the following verses is a euphemism for sexual relations.
[19:33] 4 tn Heb “and he did not know when she lay down and when she arose.”
[19:34] 5 tn Heb “the firstborn.”
[19:34] 6 tn Heb “Look, I lied down with my father. Let’s make him drink wine again tonight.”
[19:34] 7 tn Heb “And go, lie down with him and we will keep alive from our father descendants.”
[19:35] 9 tn Heb “drink wine.”
[19:35] 10 tn Heb “lied down with him.”
[19:35] 11 tn Heb “And he did not know when she lied down and when she arose.”