King James Version
What Does Genesis 19:32 Mean?
“Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.”
Context
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 night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
34
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(32) **That we may preserve seed of our father.**—This was a very strong feeling in ancient times, and affords the sole excuse for the revolting conduct of these women. The utter degradation of Lot and his family is the most painful part of his story, which thus ends in his intense shame.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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