Genesis 19:31
And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
Genesis 19:31 in other translations
| BSB | One 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. |
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| WEB | The firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is not a man on the earth to come in to us in the way of all the earth. |
| ASV | And the first-born said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth: |
| YLT | And the first-born saith unto the younger, ‘Our father is old, and a man there is not in the earth to come in unto us, as is the way of all the earth; |
| DARBY | And the first-born said to the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the land to come in to us after the manner of all the earth: |
| BBE | And the older daughter said to her sister, Our father is old, and there is no man to be a husband to us in the natural way: |
| Webster | And the first-born said to the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man on the earth to come in to us after the manner of all the earth: |
What does Genesis 19:31 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 19:30-38
See the peril of security. Lot, who kept chaste in Sodom, and was a mourner for the wickedness of the place, and a witness against it, when in the mountain, alone, and, as he thought, out of the way of temptation, is shamefully overtaken. Let him that thinks he stands high, and stands firm, take heed lest he fall. See the peril of drunkenness; it is not only a great sin itself, but lets in many sins, which bring a…
Genesis 19:31 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 19:31
- Deuteronomy 25:5
If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband’s brother unto her.
- Isaiah 4:1
And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.
- Genesis 6:4
There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
- Genesis 4:1
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.
- Genesis 16:2
And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
- Genesis 16:4
And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
- Genesis 38:8-9
And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother. And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.
- Genesis 38:14-30
And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife. When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face. And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me? And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it? …
- Genesis 19:28
And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
- Mark 9:6
For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid.
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Context
- Genesis 19:30
And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.
- Genesis 19:31
And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
- Genesis 19:32
Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
Genesis 19:31 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Entonces la mayor dijo á la menor: Nuestro padre es viejo, y no queda varón en la tierra que entre á nosotras conforme á la costumbre de toda la tierra: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et l’aînée dit à la plus jeune: Notre père est vieux, et il n’y a pas d’homme sur la terre pour venir vers nous selon la manière de toute la terre. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Erstgeborene sprach zu der Jüngeren: Unser Vater ist alt, und kein Mann ist im Lande, um zu uns einzugehen nach der Weise aller Welt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Dixitque major ad minorem: Pater noster senex est, et nullus virorum remansit in terra, qui possit ingredi ad nos juxta morem universæ terræ. |