Genesis 19:32
King James Version (KJV)
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Context
The elder daughter formulates a plan. She proposes using wine to lower her father's resistance and then to have relations with him so that they might conceive and preserve their father's lineage. The phrase 'preserve seed' indicates her goal of maintaining the family.
What Does Genesis 19:32 Mean?
The elder daughter formulates a plan. She proposes using wine to lower her father's resistance and then to have relations with him so that they might conceive and preserve their father's lineage. The phrase 'preserve seed' indicates her goal of maintaining the family.
Her proposal reflects an extremely unconventional and transgressive act. Yet she frames it within the language of family continuity and necessity. She views their isolation as eliminating normal social constraints.