Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, so that we may preserve offspring through our father.”
Genesis 19:33 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 So they made their father drink wine that night, and the firstborn went in and lay with her father; he did not know when she lay down or when she rose. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And they made their father drunk with wine that night, and the older went in and lay with her father; and he was not aware of it when she lay down or when she arose. American Standard Version (1901) And 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. Common English Bible That night they served their father wine, and the older daughter went in and lay down with her father, without him noticing when she lay down or got up. Catholic Public Domain Version And so they gave their father wine to drink that night. And the elder went in, and she slept with her father. But he did not perceive it, neither when his daughter lay down, nor when she rose up. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they made their father drink wine that night: and the elder went in and lay with her father: but he perceived not neither when his daughter lay down, nor when she rose up. |
Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, so that we may preserve offspring through our father.”
On the next day, the firstborn said to the younger, “Look, I lay last night with my father; let us make him drink wine tonight also; then you go in and lie with him, so that we may preserve offspring through our father.”
Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.