Bible Strands
Genesis 19:34
The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Look, I slept with my father last night. Let us get him drunk with wine again tonight so you can go in and sleep with him and we can preserve our father’s line.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The older daughter addresses her younger sister the morning after the first encounter, proposing a second identical act.
The words — The Hebrew שָׁכַ֥בְתִּי (sha.Khav.ti) literally means "I lay with," while the temporal marker מִמּוֹחֳרָת (mi.mo.cho.Rat) places the dialogue "from the next day."
The thread — The unhidden nature of this act aligns with the prophetic descriptions of exposed rebellion in Isaiah 3:9 and Jeremiah 3:3.
Why it lands — The text records a calculated proposal to manipulate an incapacitated man for dynastic preservation, requiring the reader to observe the deliberate escalation of moral compromise without moralizing the narrative.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 3:9 The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.
- Jeremiah 3:3 Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.
- Jeremiah 5:3 O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
- Jeremiah 6:15 Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse,” says the LORD.
- Jeremiah 8:12 Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse, says the LORD.