Focused Passage

Genesis 19:30-38

The LORD Judges Sodom, Delivers Lot, and Reveals the Horror of Sin and the Mercy of God

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

30 Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains—for he was afraid to stay in Zoar—where they lived in a cave.

31 One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us, as is the custom over all the earth.

32 Come, let us get our father drunk with wine so we can sleep with him and preserve his line.”

33 So that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the firstborn went in and slept with her father; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.

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.”

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.

36 Thus both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.

37 The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of today.

38 The younger daughter also gave birth to a son, and she named him Ben-ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites of today.

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References and Original Words

Verse 30

Original words

Lot ל֨וֹט H3876 Noun - proper - masculine singular and עִמּ֔וֹ H5973 Preposition | third person masculine singular his two וּשְׁתֵּ֤י H8147 Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine dual construct daughters בְנֹתָיו֙ H1323 Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular left וַיַּעַל֩ H5927 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Zoar מִצּ֜וֹעַר H6820 Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular and settled וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב H3427 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular in the mountains בָּהָ֗ר H2022 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular for כִּ֥י H3588 Conjunction he was afraid יָרֵ֖א H3372 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular to stay לָשֶׁ֣בֶת H3427 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct in Zoar בְּצ֑וֹעַר H6820 Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular where [they] ה֖וּא H1931 Pronoun - third person masculine singular . . . וּשְׁתֵּ֥י H8147 Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine dual construct . . . בְנֹתָֽיו׃ H1323 Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular lived וַיֵּ֙שֶׁב֙ H3427 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular in a cave בַּמְּעָרָ֔ה H4631 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Verse 31

Original words

One day the older [daughter] הַבְּכִירָ֛ה H1067 Article | Adjective - feminine singular said וַתֹּ֧אמֶר H559 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular to אֶל־ H413 Preposition the younger הַצְּעִירָ֖ה H6810 Article | Adjective - feminine singular Our father אָבִ֣ינוּ H1 Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural is old זָקֵ֑ן H2204 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular and there is no אֵ֤ין H369 Adverb man וְאִ֨ישׁ H376 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular in the land בָּאָ֙רֶץ֙ H776 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular to sleep with לָב֣וֹא H935 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct us עָלֵ֔ינוּ H5921 Preposition | first person common plural as is the custom כְּדֶ֖רֶךְ H1870 Preposition-k | Noun - common singular construct over all כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct the earth הָאָֽרֶץ׃ H776 Article | Noun - feminine singular
Verse 32

Original words

Come לְכָ֨ה H1980 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular let us get our father אָבִ֛ינוּ H1 Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural drunk נַשְׁקֶ֧ה H8248 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker with wine יַ֖יִן H3196 Noun - masculine singular so we can sleep וְנִשְׁכְּבָ֣ה H7901 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural with him עִמּ֑וֹ H5973 Preposition | third person masculine singular and preserve וּנְחַיֶּ֥ה H2421 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural [his] מֵאָבִ֖ינוּ H1 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural line זָֽרַע׃ H2233 Noun - masculine singular
Verse 33

Original words

So that ה֑וּא H1931 Pronoun - third person masculine singular night בַּלַּ֣יְלָה H3915 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular they got their father אֲבִיהֶ֛ן H1 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine plural drunk וַתַּשְׁקֶ֧יןָ H8248 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker with wine יַ֖יִן H3196 Noun - masculine singular and the firstborn הַבְּכִירָה֙ H1067 Article | Adjective - feminine singular went in וַתָּבֹ֤א H935 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular and slept with וַתִּשְׁכַּ֣ב H7901 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular - אֶת־ H853 Preposition her father אָבִ֔יהָ H1 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular he was not וְלֹֽא־ H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle aware יָדַ֥ע H3045 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular when she lay down בְּשִׁכְבָ֖הּ H7901 Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular or when she got up וּבְקׄוּמָֽהּ׃ H6965 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular
Verse 34

Original words

- וַֽיְהִי֙ H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular The next day מִֽמָּחֳרָ֔ת H4283 Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular the older [daughter] הַבְּכִירָה֙ H1067 Article | Adjective - feminine singular said וַתֹּ֤אמֶר H559 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular to אֶל־ H413 Preposition the younger הַצְּעִירָ֔ה H6810 Article | Adjective - feminine singular Look הֵן־ H2005 Interjection I slept with שָׁכַ֥בְתִּי H7901 Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular my father אָבִ֑י H1 Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular last night אֶ֖מֶשׁ H570 Adverb - אֶת־ H853 Preposition Let us get him drunk נַשְׁקֶ֨נּוּ H8248 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural | third person masculine singular with wine יַ֜יִן H3196 Noun - masculine singular again גַּם־ H1571 Conjunction tonight הַלַּ֗יְלָה H3915 Article | Noun - masculine singular so you can go in וּבֹ֙אִי֙ H935 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular [and] sleep שִׁכְבִ֣י H7901 Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular with him עִמּ֔וֹ H5973 Preposition | third person masculine singular and we can preserve וּנְחַיֶּ֥ה H2421 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural our father’s מֵאָבִ֖ינוּ H1 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural line זָֽרַע׃ H2233 Noun - masculine singular
Verse 35

Original words

So again גַּ֣ם H1571 Conjunction that הַה֛וּא H1931 Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker night בַּלַּ֧יְלָה H3915 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular they got their father אֲבִיהֶ֖ן H1 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine plural drunk וַתַּשְׁקֶ֜יןָ H8248 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural with wine יָ֑יִן H3196 Noun - masculine singular and the younger [daughter] הַצְּעִירָה֙ H6810 Article | Adjective - feminine singular went in וַתָּ֤קָם H6965 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular and slept וַתִּשְׁכַּ֣ב H7901 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular with him עִמּ֔וֹ H5973 Preposition | third person masculine singular he was not וְלֹֽא־ H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle aware יָדַ֥ע H3045 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular when she lay down בְּשִׁכְבָ֖הּ H7901 Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular or when she got up וּבְקֻמָֽהּ׃ H6965 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular
Verse 36

Original words

Thus both שְׁתֵּ֥י H8147 Number - feminine dual construct of Lot’s ל֖וֹט H3876 Noun - proper - masculine singular daughters בְנֽוֹת־ H1323 Noun - feminine plural construct became pregnant וַֽתַּהֲרֶ֛יןָ H2029 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural by their father מֵאֲבִיהֶֽן׃ H1 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine plural
Verse 37

Original words

The older [daughter] הַבְּכִירָה֙ H1067 Article | Adjective - feminine singular gave birth to וַתֵּ֤לֶד H3205 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular a son בֵּ֔ן H1121 Noun - masculine singular and named him וַתִּקְרָ֥א H7121 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular . . . שְׁמ֖וֹ H8034 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Moab מוֹאָ֑ב H4124 Noun - proper - feminine singular He ה֥וּא H1931 Pronoun - third person masculine singular is the father אֲבִֽי־ H1 Noun - masculine singular construct of the Moabites מוֹאָ֖ב H4124 Noun - proper - feminine singular of עַד־ H5704 Preposition today הַיּֽוֹם׃ H3117 Article | Noun - masculine singular

BSB notes

  • Moab sounds like the Hebrew for from my father.
Verse 38

Original words

The younger [daughter] וְהַצְּעִירָ֤ה H6810 Conjunctive waw, Article | Adjective - feminine singular הִוא֙ הִוא֙ H1931 Pronoun - third person feminine singular also גַם־ H1571 Conjunction gave birth to יָ֣לְדָה H3205 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular a son בֵּ֔ן H1121 Noun - masculine singular and she named וַתִּקְרָ֥א H7121 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular him שְׁמ֖וֹ H8034 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular vvv בֶּן־ H1151 Preposition Ben-ammi עַמִּ֑י H1151 Noun - proper - masculine singular . . . ה֛וּא H1931 Pronoun - third person masculine singular He is the father אֲבִ֥י H1 Noun - masculine singular construct of the Ammonites בְנֵֽי־ H1121 Noun - masculine plural construct . . . עַמּ֖וֹן H5983 Noun - proper - masculine singular of עַד־ H5704 Preposition today הַיּֽוֹם׃ס H3117 Article | Noun - masculine singular

BSB notes

  • Ben-ammi means son of my people.

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