Genesis 19:33-38

33 That night they gave him wine to drink, and the older daughter had intercourse with him. But he was so drunk that he didn't know it.

34 The next day the older daughter said to her sister, "I slept with him last night; now let's get him drunk again tonight, and you sleep with him. Then each of us will have a child by our father."

35 So that night they got him drunk, and the younger daughter had intercourse with him. Again he was so drunk that he didn't know it.

36 In this way both of Lot's daughters became pregnant by their own father.

37 The older daughter had a son, whom she named Moab. He was the ancestor of the present-day Moabites.

38 The younger daughter also had a son, whom she named Benammi. He was the ancestor of the present-day Ammonites.

Genesis 19:33-38 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 19

The contents of this chapter are Lot's entertainment of two angels that came to Sodom, Ge 19:1-3; the rude behaviour of the men of Sodom towards them, who for it were smote with blindness, Ge 19:4-11; the deliverance of Lot, his wife and two daughters, by means of the angels he entertained, Ge 19:12-17; the sparing of the city of Zoar at the entreaty of Lot, to which he was allowed to flee, Ge 19:18-22; the burning of Sodom and Gomorrah, Ge 19:23-25; Lot's wife turned into a pillar of salt for looking back, Ge 19:26; Abraham's view of the conflagration of the cities, Ge 19:28,29; Lot's betaking himself to a mountain, and dwelling in a cave with his two daughters, by whom he had two sons, the one called Moab, and the other Benammi, Ge 19:30-38.

Footnotes

• [a]. moab: [This name sounds like the Hebrew for "from my father."]
• [b]. benammi: [This name in Hebrew means "son of my relative" and sounds like the Hebrew for "Ammonite."]