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Genesis 19:31

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19:31 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.
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[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.



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