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Genesis 19:31

What does Genesis 19:31 mean?

A plain-English look at Genesis 19:31 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And the first-born said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And the first-born said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And the older daughter said to her sister, Our father is old, and there is no man to be a husband to us in the natural way:

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And the first-born saith unto the younger, `Our father <FI>is<Fi> old, and a man there is not in the earth to come in unto us, as <FI>is<Fi> the way of all the earth;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And the elder said to the younger: Our father is old, and there is no man left on the earth, to come in unto us after the manner of the whole earth.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And the first-born said to the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the land to come in to us after the manner of all the earth:

Context

v.30And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.

v.31This passage

v.32come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Genesis 4:1

    And the man knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man with the help of Jehovah.

  • Genesis 16:2

    And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, Jehovah hath restrained me from bearing; go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid; it may be that I shall obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

  • Deuteronomy 25:5

    If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother unto her.

  • Genesis 6:4

    The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them: the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.

  • Genesis 19:28

    and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the Plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace.

  • Genesis 38:14

    And she put off from her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she was not given unto him to wife.

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