Gen 19:30-38 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Gen 19:30-38: 19:30-38 The poverty of the cave contrasts with the wealth Lot shared with Abram and the good life he lived in Sodom. Abraham would father a righteous nation (17:1 ), but Lot and his daughters gave birth to a new Sodom. Summary for Gen 19:30-35: 19:30-35 The character of Lot’s daughters was formed by Sodom’s culture more than by their father’s heritage, so they had no qualms about having children by their drunk father (cp. 9:21-22 ). They saw no other way to carry on their line.

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‏ Genesis 19:30-38

Summary for Gen 19:30-38: 19:30-38 ^a The poverty of the cave contrasts with the wealth Lot shared with Abram and the good life he lived in Sodom. Abraham would father a righteous nation (17:1 ^b), but Lot and his daughters gave birth to a new Sodom.
Summary for Gen 19:30-35: 19:30-35 ^c The character of Lot’s daughters was formed by Sodom’s culture more than by their father’s heritage, so they had no qualms about having children by their drunk father (cp. 9:21-22 ^d). They saw no other way to carry on their line.
Summary for Gen 19:36-38: 19:36-38 ^e The daughters’ plan worked, and they each became pregnant by their own father. From these two incest-born sons came two perennial enemies of Israel, the nations of Moab and Ammon. Their grotesque wickedness was due in part to their origin.

• Both daughters chose ambiguous names that hinted at their actions without raising the suspicions of those who did not know the stories.