32] Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
[33] 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.
[34] And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our Father.
[35] 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.
2006-09-13 12:53:52 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The daughters were TERRIFIED that they were all alone in the world and that like Adam and Eve, if they did not procreate, mankind would die out.
These two women WERE VIRGINS and not aware of a "big world outside" of their hometown. Think of them as being naive and silly perhaps, but they were NOT EVIL. They were simply SCARED!
2006-09-13 12:59:08 · answer #1 · answered by AdamKadmon 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well as the story goes there were no others to lay with and to start a new bread of man kind, they only part of the story that confusing to me is they were the only people on earth and they were gentiles, Oh I get it now thru incest comes the Jewish population, LOL
2006-09-13 20:16:11 · answer #2 · answered by man of ape 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
all the men of the city of sodom were gay it looks like to me, because when the Angels went to Lots home, the men were gonna rape them, but Lot said he had daughters that had never been with men, he was going to give his daughters to the men, to stop this aweful thing from happening, but the Angels made the men blind and etc, but then Lots daughters knew that all the men there were gay and didn`t want women, so they said lets get our father drunk so he will have sex with us, and we can have a baby so that Lots name went on and on and on... But Lot was drunk, and In the old testiment things were done diff, then now, God no longer winks at ignorance, and he does say be not DRUNK where in is excess.
2006-09-13 20:09:19 · answer #3 · answered by theladylooking 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If you read the entire story, the offspring of the girls become the Moabites and the Ammonites, who were enemies to the Jewish nation. What he get from it is that sin has lasting repercussions. It was wrong for the girls not to trust that God will provide for them husbands so they could produce offspring, and by not trusting God, they creating nations that were enemies of the Israel, thus enemies of God.
2006-09-13 20:02:09 · answer #4 · answered by The New Mrs. Nguyen 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Inbreeding, eh? Sounds pretty damning.
But the case of Moses vs. World Bank Group is closed ;-#.
2006-09-13 19:57:33 · answer #5 · answered by jacinablackbox 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
That is incest practiced by the Jews from the very beginning..., they are trying to put an end to it though. At least the Jews I know will not engage in any incestuous relationships.
2006-09-13 19:58:29 · answer #6 · answered by just42day 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Sounds like the daughters wanted to preserve their family line (NIV version). Sounds to me like the bible is condoning deceitfullness and sex with one's father. I have trouble beleiving that would be OK with God.
2006-09-13 20:01:40 · answer #7 · answered by melissa 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Christianity gains knowledge that even God's people are sinners that need to be forgiven.
God bless!
2006-09-13 20:04:18 · answer #8 · answered by Kiwi 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Incest is a sin don't ya know, but I bet the Christians will somehow find a loophole in this one.
2006-09-13 19:56:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
That the people in the OT were just as sinful as we are now. They had their problems.
2006-09-13 19:58:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋