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The olderהַבְּכִירָהsaidוַתֹּאמֶרto the younger,אֶל הַצְּעִירָה“Our fatherאָבִינוּis old,זָקֵןand there is noוְ אֵיןmanאִישׁin the landבָּאָרֶץto come inלָבוֹאto usעָלֵינוּafter the mannerכְּדֶרֶךְof allכָּלthe earth.הָאָרֶץ
Genesis 19:31
Study it in the app“The older said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to come in to us after the manner of all the earth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 19:31, word by word
- The olderבְּכִירָהbechira
firstborn daughter
The firstborn daughter, the elder daughter.
Where else “bechira” appears- saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- to the youngerצְּעִירָהtseira
younger
The youngest.
Where else “tseira” appears- “Our fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- is oldזָקֵןzaken
grow old
Grow old, be old.
Where else “zaken” appears- manאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- in the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- to come inבוֹאvo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vo” appears- after the mannerדֶרֶךְderech
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “derech” appears
The context
30Lot went up from Zoar and lived on the mountain, and his two daughters with him, for he was afraid to live in Zoar; and he lived in a cave, he and his two daughters.
31 · This verse (above)
32Come, let us make our father drink wine, and let us lie with him, so that we may preserve offspring from our father.”
To study Genesis 19 in a group
1. What it says
How was Lot’s family brought out of Sodom, and what happened to Lot’s wife (vv. 15-26)?
2. What it means
What does the text show about Elohim’s mercy in bringing Lot out of the city (vv. 16, 29)?
3. How I live it
What from the past is hard for you to let go of, and what step could help you move forward?