GENESIS 19
30 Now Lot went up out of Zoar and lived in the hills with his two daughters, for he was afraid to live in Zoar. So he lived in a cave with his two daughters. 31 And the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is not a man on earth to come in to us after the manner of all the earth. 32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve offspring from our father.” 33 So they made their father drink wine that night. And the firstborn went in and lay with her father. He did not know when she lay down or when she arose.34 The next day, the firstborn said to the younger, “Behold, I lay last night with my father. Let us make him drink wine tonight also. Then you go in and lie with him, that we may preserve offspring from our father.” 35 So they made their father drink wine that night also. And the younger arose and lay with him, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose. 36 Thus both the daughters of Lot became pregnant by their father. 37 The firstborn bore a son and called his name Moab. He is the father of the Moabites to this day. 38 The younger also bore a son and called his name Ben-ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites to this day. – Genesis 19:30-38
GENESIS 19 AFTERMATH OF LOT’S DAUGHTERS’ INCEST
A poem inspired by these verses by ILMA
After losing his wife during Sodom’s destruction
Lot and his daughters went up to Zoar and lived in the hills
Maybe they feared that if they went out, they too would perish
So, they hid and lived in the cave and were isolated from the world.
As time passed by, the two daughters became desperate to have children
They thought that there were no other men except their father
They conceived a plan: to bear their own children so they can repopulate
Since Lot was the only man they saw, they got him drunk & slept with him.
In verses 4-8 in this same chapter, we witness Lot trying to appease the men to lay off their hands on the two guests he had. Lot volunteered his own daughters to be their sexual object instead of his visitors. I thought that didn’t sound right. In these following verses Lot was the one who was sexually abused by his own daughters because of their desire to have their urges met. They became desperate when they were isolated in the cave and targeted their own father to fulfill that need. It is appalling what they did and I think that this is still an offshoot of the curse on the Sodomites, who were all perverts.
REFLECTION
· What was the result of their incestuous relationships as mentioned in v.37-38?
