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 one, 'Look, I slept with our father last night. Let's get him drunk with wine again tonight, and you go in and sleep with him, so we can have children to carry on our father's family line.'
The writer is recording how Lot's daughters continued their plan to have children through their father, believing this was necessary to preserve their family line.
📚 Historical Context
In the biblical narrative of Genesis, this verse follows the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, where Lot and his two daughters fled to the mountains to escape the judgment. The daughters, fearing that no men were left to marry and continue their family line, decided to get their father drunk and lie with him as a desperate measure to preserve their lineage. This event highlights the moral and ethical failures that can arise from human desperation in the ancient patriarchal society of the Near East.
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