Genesis 19:32

What does Genesis 19:32 mean?

A plain-English look at Genesis 19:32 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Come, let us give our father much wine, and we will go into his bed, so that we may have offspring by our father,

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

come, we cause our father to drink wine, and lie with him, and preserve from our father--a seed.'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Come, let us make him drunk with wine, and let us lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

come, let us give our father wine to drink, and let us lie with him, that we may preserve seed alive of our father.

Context

v.31And 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:

v.32This passage

v.33And they made their father drink wine that night: and the first-born went in, and lay with her father; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose.

Cross references

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

  • Leviticus 18:6

    None of you shall approach to any that are near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am Jehovah.

  • Genesis 11:3

    And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.

  • Mark 12:19

    Teacher, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave a wife behind him, and leave no child, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

  • Proverbs 23:31

    Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, When it sparkleth in the cup, When it goeth down smoothly:

  • Genesis 9:21

    and he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.

  • Habakkuk 2:15

    Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, to thee that addest thy venom, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!

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