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OET (OET-RV)Then the older girl said to the younger, “Dad’s old and there isn’t a singlemanup here to marry us like happens to other women in the world.
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BrTrAnd the elder said to the younger, Our father is old, and there is no one on the earth who shall come in to us, as it is fit in all the earth.
ULTThen the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is not a man on the earth to come to us as is the way of all the earth.
USTThen one dayhis older daughter said to his younger daughter, “Our father is elderly, and there are not any men around here to marry us, which is the custom that people have everywhere else in the world.
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.
OEBThe older daughter said to the younger, ‘Our father is old, and there is no one on the earth to come in to us after the manner of all the world.
WEBBEThe firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in to us in the way of all the earth.
NETLater the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man anywhere nearby to have sexual relations with us, according to the way of all the world.
LSVAnd the firstborn says to the younger, “Our father [is] old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in to us, as [is] the way of all the earth;
FBVSometime later the older daughter said to the younger one, “Our father is growing old, and there's no men left to give us children like everyone does.
T4TOne day the older daughter said to ◄the younger daughter/her sister►, “Our father is old, and there is no man in this area who can have sex [EUP] with us, as people all over the earth do.
LEBAnd the firstborn daughter said to the younger one, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to come in to us according to the manner of all the land.
BBEAnd 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:
JPSAnd 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.
ASVAnd 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:
DRAAnd the elder said to the younger Our father is old, and there is no man left on the earth, to come in unto us after the manner of the whole earth.
YLTAnd 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;
DrbyAnd 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:
RVAnd 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:
WbstrAnd 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:
KJB-1769And 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:
KJB-1611And the first borne saide vnto the yonger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth, to come in vnto vs, after the maner of all the earth. (And the firstbornsaidunto the yonger,Ourfatherisold,andthere isnot a man in the earth, to comeinuntous,after the mannerofall the earth.)
BshpsAnd the elder said vnto the younger: our father is olde, and there is not a man in the earth to come in vnto vs after the maner of all the worlde. (And the elder 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 world.)
GnvaAnd the elder saide vnto the yonger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth, to come in vnto vs after the maner of all ye earth. (And the elder said unto the yonger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth, to come in unto us after the manner of all ye/you_all earth. )
CvdlThen sayde ye elder vnto the yonger: Oure father is olde, and there is not a man more vpon earth, that can come in vnto vs after the maner of all the worlde. (Then said ye/you_all elder unto the yonger: Oure father is old, and there is not a man more upon earth, that can come in unto us after the manner of all the world.)
WyclAnd the more douytre seide to the lasse, Oure fadre is eld, and no man is left in erthe, that may entre to vs, bi the custom of al erthe; (And the more douytre said to the lasse, Oure fadre is eld, and no man is left in earth, that may enter to us, by the custom of all earth;)
LuthDa sprach die älteste zu der jüngsten: Unser Vater ist alt, und ist kein Mann mehr auf Erden, der uns beschlafen möge nach aller Welt Weise. (So spoke the älteste to the/of_the jüngsten: Our father is alt, and is kein man more on earthn, the/of_the us/to_us/ourselves beschlafen möge after aller world Weise.)
ClVgDixitque major ad minorem: Pater noster senex est, et nullus virorum remansit in terra, qui possit ingredi ad nos juxta morem universæ terræ.[fn] (And_he_said mayor to minorem: Pater noster senex it_is, and nullus of_men remansit in terra, who possit ingredi to we next_to morem universæ terræ. )
19.31Dixitque major ad minorem, etc. Quod pro excusatione dicitur filiarum, quia genus humanum defecisse putaverunt, ideoque cum patre accubuerunt. Non autem excusat patrem quod sequitur, et nescivit quod dormissent cum eo; appungunt enim desuper Hebræi obelo, quasi superfluum, quasi incredibile sit, quia rerum natura non capiat coire quempiam nescientem. STRAB. Lot inexcusabilis est, primo quia angelo non credidit; deinde quia inebriatus est, et fuit peccatum causa peccati. HIERON. Sic prava suggestio et delectatio, ut incestæ mulieres, insidiantur continentibus, ut accepta occasione, torpentes vino fallaciæ imbuant, et a statu rectitudinis quasi ignorantes dejiciant.
19.31And_he_said mayor to minorem, etc. That for excusatione it_is_said daughterrum, because genus humanum defecisse putaverunt, ideoque when/with patre accubuerunt. Non however excusat patrem that sequitur, and nescivit that dormissent when/with eo; appungunt because desuper Hebræi obelo, as_if superfluum, as_if incredibile let_it_be, because rerum natura not/no capiat coire quempiam nescientem. STRAB. Lot inexcusabilis it_is, primo because angelo not/no credidit; deinde because inebriatus it_is, and fuit peccatum causa peccati. HIERON. So prava suggestio and delectatio, as incestæ mulieres, insidiantur continentibus, as accepta occasione, torpentes vino fallaciæ imbuant, and from statu rectitudinis as_if ignorantes deyiciant.
19:1-38 The Canaanites were an evil, corrupting people. God judged their morally bankrupt civilization and warned others against becoming like them. It was difficult to get Lot and his family out of Sodom; it was more difficult to get Sodom out of Lot and his family. This chapter helped later Israelites to understand the moral and spiritual threat of the peoples living in and around the Promised Land, such as the Canaanites and Lot’s descendants, the Moabites and the Ammonites (see Num 22–25; Deut 23:3-6; Josh 24:9; Judg 10:7-9; 11:4-5; 1 Sam 10:27; 1 Kgs 11:1-3; 2 Kgs 24:2).
In some cultures, it is not polite to call someone old. Translate this clause in a way that is accurate and acceptable in your language area. Alternate translation: “Our father is getting along in years,”
Author’s note: This article assumes that Sodom, Gomorrah, and Bela (Zoar) were located at Bab edh-Dhra, Numeira, and Khirbat ash-Sheikh `Isa, respectively. The exact locations of the cities of the plain are widely debated, with the primary dispute centering around whether the cities are to be found in the northern area of the Dead Sea (since Lot headed east from Bethel [Genesis 13]) or the southern area (as the Medeba Map shows). It is beyond the scope of this article to present all the evidence to support a southern location, but many of them are well summarized here: “The Discovery of the Sin Cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.” In addition, Eusebius in his Onomasticon describes the Dead Sea as lying between Jericho and Zoar. This author has also recently found that Eusebius notes that Nebereim (Nimrim; see Isaiah 15:6 and Jeremiah 48:34) is located at a village called Bennamareim (likely the site of Gomorrah on this map), which he also says is north of Zoar. Thus, if Eusebius is correct, Zoar is clearly located in the southern area of the Dead Sea, which fits very well with the location shown on this map. Also, Lot’s relocation to Sodom after moving east to the plain of the Jordan suggests that Sodom was located on the east side of the Dead Sea.
The famous cities of Sodom and Gomorrah are first mentioned in Genesis 10:19 in a description of the territory of the Canaanites. The cities are mentioned again in chapter 13, which notes that while Abraham (then called Abram) was living near Bethel (also called Luz), tension began to grow between Abraham’s herders and the herders working for Abraham’s nephew Lot. To resolve the problem, Abraham suggested that he and Lot permanently part ways, and he offered Lot first choice of where to live. Lot chose to move east to the plain of the Jordan, because the land was well watered, and he eventually settled in the city of Sodom. Genesis 14 then describes how Lot was captured by four Mesopotamian kings as they attacked the cities of the plain, but Abraham rescued Lot. Sometime after this Abraham moved to the oaks of Mamre, near Hebron, and three visitors (one of whom is later called “the Lord,” and the other two “angels”) approached his tent. Abraham invited them to share a meal with him and then later accompanied them for the first part of their journey. Along the way the visitors revealed to Abraham that they were going to Sodom to destroy it for its wickedness. Abraham appealed to the Lord to spare the city if even a few righteous lived there, and the Lord agreed and went his way. The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening (Genesis 19:1), presumably the same day they left, although perhaps they actually took more than one day to travel to Sodom, because the distance from Mamre to Sodom is over 35 miles (56 km), and Scripture does not specifically note that it was the same day. The events that followed that evening are well known, and in the morning the angels compelled Lot and his family to flee the city before it was destroyed. The angels instructed them to flee to the hills, but Lot convinced them to allow him to take refuge in a small village on the plain and not destroy it. Genesis 19:23 seems to suggest that it took Lot’s family a full day and night to reach Zoar, which fits well with the 16 mile (25 km) distance from Sodom to Zoar. As they were reaching Zoar, the Lord rained down fire and burning sulfur on Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, completely destroying them. As Lot’s family was still fleeing, Lot’s wife looked back and turned into a pillar of salt. That same morning Abraham got up and went to where he had last spoken with the visitors, and when he looked out across the plain he saw columns of smoke rising from the destroyed cities. Later Lot and his daughters moved into the hills and lived in a cave, because they were afraid to remain in Zoar. Fearing they would never marry, Lot’s daughters both got their father drunk and conceived children by him, though he was unaware of it. These children became ancestors of the Moabites and the Ammonites.
