Lot and His Daughters
Lot leaves Zoar for the mountains and lives in a cave with his daughters. The older daughter, seeing no man in the land for them, proposes getting their father drunk to preserve his line.
L30ot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains — for he was afraid to stay in Zoar — where they lived in a cave. 31One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us, as is the custom over all the earth. 32Come, let us get our father drunk with wine so we can sleep with him and preserve his line.”
On two nights the daughters make Lot drunk and sleep with him, first the older and then the younger, while he remains unaware. Both daughters become pregnant by their father.
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.” 35So again that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the younger daughter went in and slept with him; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up. 36Thus both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.
The older daughter bears Moab and the younger bears Ben-ammi. These sons become the fathers of the Moabites and Ammonites.
37The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of today. 38The younger daughter also gave birth to a son, and she named him Ben-ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites of today.