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Come,לְכָהlet us make our father drinkנַשְׁקֶה אֶת אָבִינוּwine,יַיִןand let us lieוְנִשְׁכְּבָהwith him,עִמּוֹso that we may preserveוּנְחַיֶּהoffspringזָרַעfrom our father.”מֵאָבִינוּ
Genesis 19:32
Study it in the app“Come, let us make our father drink wine, and let us lie with him, so that we may preserve offspring from our father.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 19:32, word by word
- Comeלְכָlecha
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lecha” appears- let us make our father drinkנַשְׁקֶהnashke
give drink
To give water or another liquid to people or animals.
Where else “nashke” appears- let us make our father drinkאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- wineיַיִןyayin
wine
Wine; also drunkenness.
Where else “yayin” appears- and let us lieנִשְׁכְּבָהnishkva
lie with
To lie with someone, have relations.
Where else “nishkva” appears- so that we may preserveנְחַיֶּהnechaye
keep alive
To make someone go on living, or rescue them from death.
Where else “nechaye” appears- offspringזָרַעzara
offspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zara” appears
Translation note
The text narrates what Lot’s daughters did without approving it. In this way it explains the origin of Moab and Ammon, peoples neighboring Israel.
The context
31The 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.
32 · This verse (above)
33So they made their father drink wine that night; and the older went in and lay with her father, and he did not know when she lay down or when she rose.
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?