Study it in the app“So 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.”
So they made their father drinkוַתַּשְׁקֶיןָ אֶת אֲבִיהֶןwineיַיִןthatהוּאnight;בַּלַּיְלָהand the olderוַ הַבְּכִירָהwent inתָּבֹאand layוַתִּשְׁכַּבwith her father,אֶת אָבִיהָand he did notוְלֹאknowיָדַעwhen she lay downבְּשִׁכְבָהּor when she rose.וּבְקׄוּמָהּ
give drink
To give water or another liquid to people or animals.
Where else “tashkena” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearswine
Wine; also drunkenness.
Where else “yayin” appearsnight
Night.
Where else “layla” appearsfirstborn daughter
The firstborn daughter, the elder daughter.
Where else “bechira” appearsenter
To go into a place.
Where else “tavo” appearslie with
To lie with someone, have relations.
Where else “tishkav” appearsknow
To know something, realize.
Where else “yada” appearsrise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kuma” appears32Come, let us make our father drink wine, and let us lie with him, so that we may preserve offspring from our father.”
33 · This verse (above)
34The next day the older said to the younger, “Look, I lay last night with my father; let us make him drink wine tonight also, and you go in and lie with him, so that we may preserve offspring from our father.”
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?
