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Genesis 19:35

in Genesis 19

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.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose.

KJV

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.

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This verse in Genesis 19

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Origen of Alexandria

HOMILIES ON GENESIS 5.3 · Written before 253.

After these things now that well-known story is related in which it is written that Lot's daughters cunningly lay with their father by stealth. In this matter I do not know if anyone can so excuse Lot as to free him from sin. Nor again do I think he should be so accused that he ought to become party to such serious incest. For I do not find him to have plotted against or to have violently snatched away the chastity of his daughters but rather to have been the victim of a plot and cunningly ensnared.

This site's exposition

I slept with my father last night

on Genesis 19:34-36

The second night is planned in daylight by the sister who went in first. They say they want to preserve their father's line. One chapter earlier God promised a son to a woman past the age of childbearing. Both daughters became pregnant by their father.

This site's exposition

the younger daughter went in

Again that night the younger daughter took her turn. John Gill counts it an aggravation of Lot's sin that he was overtaken a second night, when he ought to have been on his guard. Adam Clarke excuses him on the ground that he knew nothing.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Hebrew Questions on Genesis · Written before 420.

proposed

(Verse 35.) And he did not know when she slept with him, and when he got up from her, they stabbed him from above, as if unbelievable, and something that nature cannot comprehend, to have intercourse with someone who is unaware.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And they made their father drink wine that night also,.... Until he was drunk; which is an aggravation of his sin, that he should be overtaken a second time, and that so soon as the next night, when he ought to have been upon his guard, knowing how he had fallen into it the night before: and the younger arose and lay with him; arose from her own bed, and went to her father's, and lay down by him: and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose; See Gill on Gen 19:33.

The words behind it

15 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַתַּשְׁקֶ֜יןָand they made drink

    vatashkeinaH8248 →61 times

  • גַּ֣םalso

    gamH1571 →769 times

  • בַּלַּ֧יְלָהin the night

    balaylahH3915 →233 times

  • הַה֛וּא<the> that

    hahu'H1931 →1879 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • אֲבִיהֶ֖ןfather their

    ʾavihenH1 →1212 times

  • יָ֑יִןwine

    yayinH3196 →141 times

  • וַתָּ֤קָםand she arose

    vatakomH6965 →628 times

  • הַצְּעִירָה֙the young [one]

    hatzeirahH6810 →23 times

  • וַתִּשְׁכַּ֣בand she lay

    vatishkavH7901 →212 times

  • עִמּ֔וֹwith him

    imoH5973 →1050 times

  • וְלֹֽא־and not

    velo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • יָדַ֥עhe knew

    yada'H3045 →945 times

  • בְּשִׁכְבָ֖הּwhen lay down she

    beshikhvahH7901 →212 times

  • וּבְקֻמָֽהּ׃and when arose she

    uvekumahH6965 →628 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

6 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Ecclesiastes 7:26And 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.2 works1 Peter 4:7The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.2 worksProverbs 24:16For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.2 worksLuke 21:34But 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.2 works1 Corinthians 10:11–12Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.2 worksPsalms 8:4what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Proverbs 24:16

    For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 37:24

      Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand.

    • Psalms 34:19

      Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.

    • Micah 7:8–10

      Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.

    • Job 5:19

      He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.

    • 2 Corinthians 4:8–12

      We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;

  • Through

    1 Peter 4:7

    The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.

    it leads to

    • James 5:8–9

      You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.

    • 1 Peter 1:13

      Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

    • 1 Peter 5:8

      Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

Where this verse is studied

About Genesis

Lot Flees as Sodom and Gomorrah Burn — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Lot Flees as Sodom and Gomorrah Burn — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Genesis: the study guide →Read Genesis 19 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jerome, Hebrew Questions on Genesis; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON GENESIS 5.3.

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