The next day the firstborn said to the younger, ‘Look, I slept with my father last night. Let’s get him to drink wine again tonight so you can go and sleep with him and we can preserve our father’s line.’
Genesis 19:35 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised That night they again got their father to drink wine, and the younger went and slept with him; he did not know when she lay down or when she got up. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And they made their father drunk with wine again that night, and the younger arose and lay with him; 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 also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose. Common English Bible They served their father wine that night also, and the younger daughter lay down with him, without him knowing when she lay down or got up. Catholic Public Domain Version And then they gave their father wine to drink that night also, and the younger daughter went in, and slept with him. And not even then did he perceive when she lay down, or when she rose up. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They made their father drink wine that night also, and the younger daughter went in, and lay with him: and neither then did he perceive when she lay down, nor when she rose up. |
The next day the firstborn said to the younger, ‘Look, I slept with my father last night. Let’s get him to drink wine again tonight so you can go and sleep with him and we can preserve our father’s line.’
Though a righteous person falls seven times, he will get up, but the wicked will stumble into ruin.
And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a trap: her heart a net and her hands chains. The one who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner will be captured by her.
‘Be on your guard, so that your minds are not dulled from carousing, drunkenness, and worries of life, or that day will come on you unexpectedly
The end of all things is near; therefore, be alert and sober-minded for prayer.