Lot and His Daughters

After leaving Zoar, Lot went up into the hills with his two daughters. He was afraid to stay in Zoar, so they lived together in a cave.

The older daughter said to the younger that their father was old and that there was no man on the earth to come to them in the usual way. She proposed making their father drink wine so they could preserve their father’s family line.

That night they gave Lot wine. The older daughter went in and lay with her father. The passage says Lot did not know when she lay down or when she arose.

On the next day, the older daughter told the younger what had happened and suggested they do the same again. They gave Lot wine that night too, and the younger daughter lay with him. Again, he did not know when she lay down or when she got up.

So both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father. The older daughter had a son and named him Moab, and the passage says he became the father of the Moabites. The younger daughter also had a son named Ben Ammi, and he became the father of the children of Ammon.