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.”
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ASV
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the first-born 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.
KJV
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.
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21 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַֽיְהִי֙ | vay.Hi | and it was | H1961 → |
| מִֽמָּחֳרָ֔ת | mi.mo.cho.Rat | from [the] next day | H4283 → |
| וַתֹּ֤אמֶר | va.To.mer | and she said | H559 → |
| הַבְּכִירָה֙ | ha.be.khi.Rah | the firstborn | H1067 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| הַצְּעִירָ֔ה | ha.tze.'i.Rah | the young | H6810 → |
| הֵן־ | hen- | here! | H2005 → |
| שָׁכַ֥בְתִּי | sha.Khav.ti | I lay with | H7901 → |
| אֶ֖מֶשׁ | 'E.mesh | last night | H570 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| אָבִ֑י | 'a.Vi | father my | H1 → |
| נַשְׁקֶ֨נּוּ | nash.Ke.nu | let us make drink him | H8248 → |
| יַ֜יִן | Ya.yin | wine | H3196 → |
| גַּם־ | gam- | also | H1571 → |
| הַלַּ֗יְלָה | ha.Lay.lah | this night | H3915 → |
| וּבֹ֙אִי֙ | u.Vo.'i | and go | H935 → |
| שִׁכְבִ֣י | shikh.Vi | lie | H7901 → |
| עִמּ֔וֹ | i.Mo | with him | H5973 → |
| וּנְחַיֶּ֥ה | u.ne.chai.Yeh | so we may preserve alive | H2421 → |
| מֵאָבִ֖ינוּ | me.'a.Vi.nu | from father of our | H1 → |
| זָֽרַע׃ | Za.ra' | spring | H2233 → |
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