Genesis 19:34
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And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Look, I slept with my father last night. Let us get him drunk with wine again tonight so you can go in and sleep with him and we can preserve our father’s line.”
In other translations
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Look, I slept with my father last night. Let us get him drunk with wine again tonight so you can go in and sleep with him and we can preserve our father’s line.”
Hebrew words
וַיְהִיvayhiand it wasH1961מִמָּחֳרָתmimochoratfrom [the] next dayH4283וַתֹּאמֶרvatomerand she saidH559הַבְּכִירָהhabekhirahthe firstbornH1067אֶל־'el-toH413הַצְּעִירָהhatze'irahthe youngH6810הֵן־hen-here!H2005שָׁכַבְתִּיshakhavtiI lay withH7901אֶמֶשׁ'emeshlast nightH570אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853אָבִי'avifather myH1נַשְׁקֶנּוּnashkenulet us make drink himH8248יַיִןyayinwineH3196גַּם־gam-alsoH1571הַלַּיְלָהhalaylahthis nightH3915וּבֹאִיuvo'iand goH935שִׁכְבִיshikhvilieH7901עִמּוֹimowith himH5973וּנְחַיֶּהunechaiyehso we may preserve aliveH2421מֵאָבִינוּme'avinufrom father of ourH1זָרַע׃zara'springH2233
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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