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140:, but afterwards go up into the mountains to live in a cave. Concerned for their father having descendants, one evening, Lot's eldest daughter gets Lot drunk and has sex with him without his knowledge. The following night, the younger daughter does the same. They both become pregnant; the older daughter gives birth to
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Lot's sexual relationship with his daughters was a theme seldom explored in medieval art. In the sixteenth century, however, the story became popular with
European artists, primarily due to its erotic potential. Depictions of Lot and his daughters in this era were generally charged with sexuality;
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have pointed out that the family had only recently dwelt in Zoar, so they must have known they were not the only people left alive. Calvin therefore concludes that the elder daughter's remark refers not to the whole earth, but only to the region in which they were living.
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A variation on the marriage theory holds that the phrase "my daughters" should be taken in a metaphorical sense. Lot, as a prophet, is considered a father to his people; he is therefore inviting the
Sodomites to intermarry with the women of his nation.
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According to Jewish tradition, Lot's daughters believed that the entire world had been destroyed, and that they were the only survivors. They therefore resorted to incest in order to preserve the human race. This was also the general opinion of the
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suggests that the reference in verse 15 to "your two daughters who remain with you" indicates that Lot's two virgin daughters left the city with him, but that he had other, married daughters who stayed behind with the sons-in-law.
102:". Lot admonishes them for their wickedness, and offers the mob his two virgin daughters instead. When the mob refuses Lot's offer, the angels strike them with blindness, and then warn Lot to leave the city before it is destroyed.
98:, Lot shows hospitality to two angels appearing as men who arrive in Sodom, and invites them to stay the night at his house. However, the men of the city gather around the house and demand that Lot hand over the men so they can "
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Many scholars have drawn a connection between the two episodes of Lot's daughters. According to Robert Alter, this final episode "suggests measure-for-measure justice meted out for his rash offer."
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describes another daughter by the name of
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mob; in the second, his daughters have sex with Lot without his knowledge to bear him children.
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845:"Against Heresies (Book IV, Chapter 31)"
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127:Contemporary English Version
123:New Revised Standard Version
58:appear in chapter 19 of the
1082:Unnamed people of the Bible
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1087:Women in the Hebrew Bible
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862:Journal of Homosexuality
820:Hill, Robert C. (1990).
129:(CEV) uses "the older".
263:Lucas Cranach the Elder
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353:Jan Brueghel the Elder
90:In the Book of Genesis
73:. However, the Hebrew
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459:Gen 19:31 33, 34, 37
154:Early Church Fathers
382:Monastery of St Lot
248:Jan Wellens de Cock
293:Bonifazio Veronese
119:King James Version
80:The Book of Jasher
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