Lot and His Daughters
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Then Lot went up out of Zoar and o dwelt in the mountains, and his two daughters were with him; for he was afraid to dwell in Zoar. And he and his two daughters dwelt in a cave.
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Now the firstborn said to the younger, "Our father is old, and there is no man on the earth p to come in to us as is the custom of all the earth.
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"Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we q may preserve the lineage of our father."
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So they made their father drink wine that night. And the firstborn went in and lay with her father, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.
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It happened on the next day that the firstborn said to the younger, "Indeed I lay with my father last night; let us make him drink wine tonight also, and you go in and lie with him, that we may preserve the lineage of our father."
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Then they made their father drink wine that night also. And the younger arose and lay with him, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.
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Thus both the daughters of Lot were with child by their father.
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The firstborn bore a son and called his name Moab; r he is the father of the Moabites to this day.
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And the younger, she also bore a son and called his name BenAmmi; s he is the father of the people of Ammon to this day.
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Cross References
Genesis 19:17
So it came to pass, when they had brought them outside, that he said, "Escape for your life! Do not look behind you nor stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest you be destroyed.
Genesis 19:19
Indeed now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have increased your mercy which you have shown me by saving my life; but I cannot escape to the mountains, lest some evil overtake me and I die.
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Cross References
Genesis 16:2
So Sarai said to Abram, "See now, the LORD has restrained me from bearing children. Please, go in to my maid; perhaps I shall obtain children by her." And Abram heeded the voice of Sarai.
Genesis 16:4
So he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress became despised in her eyes.
Genesis 38:8
And Judah said to Onan, "Go in to your brother's wife and marry her, and raise up an heir to your brother.
Genesis 38:9
But Onan knew that the heir would not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in to his brother's wife, that he emitted on the ground, lest he should give an heir to his brother.
Deuteronomy 25:5
If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the widow of the dead man shall not be married to a stranger outside the family; her husband's brother shall go in to her, take her as his wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her.
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Cross References
Mark 12:19
Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man's brother dies, and leaves his wife behind, and leaves no children, his brother should take his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.
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Cross References
Numbers 25:1
Now Israel remained in Acacia Grove, and the people began to commit harlotry with the women of Moab.
Deuteronomy 2:9
"Then the LORD said to me, 'Do not harass Moab, nor contend with them in battle, for I will not give you any of their land as a possession, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as a possession.'"
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Cross References
Numbers 21:24
Then Israel defeated him with the edge of the sword, and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the people of Ammon; for the border of the people of Ammon was fortified.
Deuteronomy 2:19
'And when you come near the people of Ammon, do not harass them or meddle with them, for I will not give you any of the land of the people of Ammon as a possession, because I have given it to the descendants of Lot as a possession.'"
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.