Study it in the app“The 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.””
The next dayוַיְהִי מִמָּחֳרָתthe olderהַבְּכִירָהsaidוַתֹּאמֶרto the younger,אֶל הַצְּעִירָה“Look,הֵןI layשָׁכַבְתִּיlast nightאֶמֶשׁwith my father;אֶת אָבִיlet us make him drinkנַשְׁקֶנּוּwineיַיִןtonightהַלַּיְלָהalso,גַּםandוּyou go inבֹאִיand lieשִׁכְבִיwith him,עִמּוֹso that we may preserveוּנְחַיֶּהoffspringזָרַעfrom our father.”מֵאָבִינוּ
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appearsnext day
The next day, tomorrow.
Where else “machorat” appearsfirstborn daughter
The firstborn daughter, the elder daughter.
Where else “bechira” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appearsyounger
The youngest.
Where else “tseira” appearslie with
To lie with someone, have relations.
Where else “shachavti” appearslast night
Last night; yesterday.
Where else “emesh” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsgive drink
To give water or another liquid to people or animals.
Where else “nashke” appearswine
Wine; also drunkenness.
Where else “yayin” appearsnight
Night.
Where else “layla” appearsenter
To go into a place.
Where else “voi” appearskeep alive
To make someone go on living, or rescue them from death.
Where else “nechaye” appearsoffspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zara” appears33So 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.
34 · This verse (above)
35So they made their father drink wine that night also, and the younger got up and lay with him, and he did not know when she lay down or when she rose.
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?
