Bible Strands
Genesis 19:35
So again that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the younger daughter went in and slept with him; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Lot’s daughters execute their plan in the narrative moment immediately following the older daughter’s proposal to preserve their father’s lineage. The text describes the younger daughter’s actions while their father remains unconscious from repeated wine consumption.
The words — The Hebrew verb וַתַּשְׁקֵינָ (vataškēnā) literally renders “they caused to drink,” emphasizing the daughters’ active role in intoxicating Lot. The phrase בַּלַּיְלָה הוּא (balalayhā hûʾ) specifies “that same night,” marking the second occurrence of their scheme.
The thread — The text records the daughters’ actions in Genesis 19:34 and Genesis 19:36, framing this verse as the operational middle of their plan. The narrative function of hidden intimacy and moral blindness runs parallel to the warning in Ecclesiastes 7:26, while the pattern of repeated failure and recovery echoes the observation in Proverbs 24:16.
Why it lands — The text states that the daughters deliberately intoxicated their father and the younger daughter slept with him while he remained unaware. Readers must account for the consequences of human schemes pursued in moral blindness without romanticizing the outcome.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
Cross-references
- Psalms 8:4 what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?
- Proverbs 24:16 For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.
- Ecclesiastes 7:26 And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
- Luke 21:34 But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
- 1 Corinthians 10:11 Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.
- 1 Peter 4:7 The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.