Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version That night they got their father to drink wine, and the older daughter went in and slept with him. He was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up. New Living Translation So that night they got him drunk with wine, and the older daughter went in and had intercourse with her father. He was unaware of her lying down or getting up again. English Standard Version 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 arose. Berean Standard Bible So that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the firstborn went in and slept with her father; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up. King James Bible 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. New King James Version So they made their father drink wine that night. And the firstborn went in and lay with her father, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose. New American Standard Bible So they made their father drink wine that night, and the firstborn went in and slept with her father; and he did not know when she lay down or got up. NASB 1995 So they made their father drink wine that night, and the firstborn went in and lay with her father; and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose. NASB 1977 So they made their father drink wine that night, and the first-born went in and lay with her father; and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose. Legacy Standard Bible So they made their father drink wine that night, and the firstborn went in and lay with her father; and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose. Amplified Bible So they gave their father wine that night, and the firstborn went in and lay with her father; and he did not know when she lay down or when she got up [because he was completely intoxicated]. Christian Standard Bible So they got their father to drink wine that night, and the firstborn came and slept with her father; he did not know when she lay down or when she got up. Holman Christian Standard Bible So they got their father to drink wine that night, and the firstborn came and slept with her father; he did not know when she lay down or when she got up. American Standard Version 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. Contemporary English Version That night they got their father drunk, and the older daughter got in bed with him, but he was too drunk even to know she was there. English Revised Version And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose. GOD'S WORD® Translation That night they gave their father wine to drink. Then the older one went to bed with her father. He didn't know when she came to bed or when she got up. Good News Translation 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. International Standard Version So they had their father drink wine that night, and the older one had sexual relations with her father, but he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up. Majority Standard Bible So that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the firstborn went in and slept with her father; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up. NET Bible So that night they made their father drunk with wine, and the older daughter came and had sexual relations with her father. But he was not aware that she had sexual relations with him and then got up. New Heart English Bible They made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and slept with her father. He did not know when she lay down, nor when she arose. Webster's Bible Translation And they made their father drink wine that night: and the first-born went in and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. World English Bible They made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father. He didn’t know when she lay down, nor when she arose. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd they cause their father to drink wine on that night; and the firstborn goes in and lies with her father, and he has not known in her lying down or in her rising up. Young's Literal Translation And they cause their father to drink wine on that night; and the first-born goeth in, and lieth with her father, and he hath not known in her lying down, or in her rising up. Smith's Literal Translation And they will give their father wine to drink in that night, and the first-born will go in and will lie down with her father; and he will not know in her lying down, and in her rising up. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd 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. 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. New American Bible So that night they plied their father with wine, and the firstborn went in and lay with her father; but he was not aware of her lying down or getting up. New Revised Standard Version 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. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd they made their father drink wine that night; and the first-born went in and lay with her father; and he did not know when she lay down, nor when she arose. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And they gave wine to drink that night to their father, and the elder woman entered and she lay with her father, and he did not know her lying down or her rising up. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And 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. Brenton Septuagint Translation So they made their father drink wine in that night, and the elder went in and lay with her father that night, and he knew not when he slept and when he rose up. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Lot and His Daughters…32Come, let us get our father drunk with wine so we can sleep with him and preserve his line.” 33So that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the firstborn went in and slept with her father; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up. 34The 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.”… Cross References Genesis 9:21 But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent. Proverbs 20:1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise. Ephesians 5:18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit. Habakkuk 2:15 Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, pouring it from the wineskin until they are drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness! Leviticus 18:6-7 None of you are to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD. / You must not expose the nakedness of your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her. 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. Romans 13:13 Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. Galatians 5:19-21 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; / idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, / and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. Isaiah 5:11 Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine. 1 Thessalonians 5:7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. 1 Peter 4:3 For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry. Luke 21:34 But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare. 1 Corinthians 5:1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife. Proverbs 23:29-35 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes? / Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks. / Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly. ... 2 Peter 2:7-8 and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless / (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)— Treasury of Scripture 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. drink. Leviticus 18:6,7 None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD… Proverbs 20:1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. Proverbs 23:29-35 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? … Jump to Previous Aware Bed Cause Daughter Drink Firstborn First-Born Lay Night Older Perceived Rising WineJump to Next Aware Bed Cause Daughter Drink Firstborn First-Born Lay Night Older Perceived Rising WineGenesis 19 1. Lot entertains two angels.4. The vicious Sodomites are smitten with blindness. 12. Lot is warned, and in vain warns his sons-in-law. 15. He is directed to flee to the mountains, but obtains leave to go into Zoar. 24. Sodom and Gomorrah are destroyed. 26. Lot's wife looks back and becomes a pillar of salt. 29. Lot dwells in a cave. 31. The incestuous origin of Moab and Ammon. So that night This phrase sets the immediate context and urgency of the actions that follow. The Hebrew word for "night" is "לַיְלָה" (laylah), which often symbolizes a time of vulnerability and moral testing in the Bible. The night can be seen as a metaphor for the spiritual darkness that has enveloped Lot's family, leading to their desperate and misguided actions. they got their father drunk with wine and the older daughter went in and lay with her father And he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew So thatה֑וּא (hū) Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are night בַּלַּ֣יְלָה (bal·lay·lāh) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3915: A twist, night, adversity they got their father אֲבִיהֶ֛ן (’ă·ḇî·hen) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine plural Strong's 1: Father drunk וַתַּשְׁקֶ֧יןָ (wat·taš·qe·nā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural Strong's 8248: To quaff, to irrigate, furnish a, potion to with wine, יַ֖יִן (ya·yin) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3196: Wine, intoxication and the firstborn הַבְּכִירָה֙ (hab·bə·ḵî·rāh) Article | Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 1067: First-born (always of women) came וַתָּבֹ֤א (wat·tā·ḇō) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go and slept with וַתִּשְׁכַּ֣ב (wat·tiš·kaḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 7901: To lie down her father; אָבִ֔יהָ (’ā·ḇî·hā) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 1: Father he was not וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no aware יָדַ֥ע (yā·ḏa‘) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3045: To know when she lay down בְּשִׁכְבָ֖הּ (bə·šiḵ·ḇāh) Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 7901: To lie down or when she got up. וּבְקׄוּמָֽהּ׃ (ū·ḇə·qū·māh) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand Links Genesis 19:33 NIVGenesis 19:33 NLT Genesis 19:33 ESV Genesis 19:33 NASB Genesis 19:33 KJV Genesis 19:33 BibleApps.com Genesis 19:33 Biblia Paralela Genesis 19:33 Chinese Bible Genesis 19:33 French Bible Genesis 19:33 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 19:33 They made their father drink wine that (Gen. 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