Parallel Verses

Amplified

The firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is aging, and there is not a man on earth [available] to be intimate with us in the customary way [so that we may have children].

New American Standard Bible

Then 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 the earth.

King James Version

And 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:

Holman Bible

Then the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us as is the custom of all the land.

International Standard Version

One day the firstborn told the younger one, "Our father is old, and there's no man in the land to have sex with us, as everybody else throughout all the earth does.

A Conservative Version

And the firstborn 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.

American Standard Version

And 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:

Bible in Basic English

And 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:

Darby Translation

And 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:

Julia Smith Translation

And the first-born will say to the small, our father has become old, and not a man in the earth to come in to us according to the way of all the earth:

King James 2000

And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man on the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:

Lexham Expanded Bible

And 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.

Modern King James verseion

And the first-born said to the younger, Our father is old, and there is no man in the earth to come in to us in the way of all the earth.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Then said the elder unto the younger, "Our father is old, and there are no more men in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the world.

NET Bible

Later 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.

New Heart English Bible

The firstborn said to the younger, "Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in to us after the manner of all the earth.

The Emphasized Bible

And the firstborn said unto the younger. Our father is old, - and, a man, there is not in the earth to come in unto us, after the way of all the earth.

Webster

And 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:

World English Bible

The 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.

Youngs Literal Translation

And 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;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the firstborn
בּכּירה 
Bekiyrah 
Usage: 6

צעור צעירo 
Tsa`iyr 
Usage: 22

is old
זקן 
Zaqen 
...old, aged
Usage: 27

and there is not a man
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

in the earth
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

to come in

come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

unto us after the manner
דּרך 
Derek 
Usage: 704

References

American

Fausets

Hastings

Lot

Watsons

Context Readings

Lot And His Daughters

30 Now Lot went up from Zoar, and lived in the mountain together with his two daughters, for he was afraid to stay [any longer] in Zoar; and he lived in a cave with his two daughters. 31 The firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is aging, and there is not a man on earth [available] to be intimate with us in the customary way [so that we may have children]. 32 Come, let us make our father drunk with wine, and we will lie with him so that we may preserve our family through our father.”


Cross References

Genesis 16:2

So Sarai said to Abram, “See here, the Lord has prevented me from bearing children. I am asking you to go in to [the bed of] my maid [so that she may bear you a child]; perhaps I will obtain children by her.” And Abram listened to Sarai and did as she said.

Genesis 16:4

He went in to [the bed of] Hagar, and she conceived; and when she realized that she had conceived, she looked with contempt on her mistress [regarding Sarai as insignificant because of her infertility].

Deuteronomy 25:5

“If brothers are living together and one of them dies without a son, the widow of the deceased shall not be married outside the family to a stranger. Her husband’s brother shall be intimate with her after taking her as his wife and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her.

Genesis 4:1

Now the man Adam knew Eve as his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain, and she said, “I have obtained a man (baby boy, son) with the help of the Lord.”

Genesis 6:4

There were Nephilim (men of stature, notorious men) on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God lived with the daughters of men, and they gave birth to their children. These were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown (great reputation, fame).

Genesis 19:28

and he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the valley [of the Dead Sea]; and he saw, and behold, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a kiln (pottery furnace).

Genesis 38:8-9

Then Judah told Onan, “Go in to your brother’s widow, and perform your duty as a brother-in-law [under the levirate marriage custom]; [be her husband and] raise children for [the name of] your brother.”

Genesis 38:14-30

So she removed her widow’s clothes and covered herself with a veil, and wrapped herself up [in disguise], and sat in the gateway of Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah had grown up, and she had not been given to him as a wife [as Judah had promised].

Isaiah 4:1

And in that day seven women will take hold of one man, saying, “We will eat our own food and wear [and provide] our own clothes; only let us be called by your name; take away our shame [of being unmarried].”

Mark 9:6

For he did not [really] know what to say because they were terrified [and stunned by the miraculous sight].

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