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Now Lot went up from Zoar with his two daughters and ^(C1)stayed in the ^(F1)mountains, because he was afraid to stay in Zoar; and he stayed in a cave, he and his two daughters.

Then the firstborn said to the younger, "Our father is old, and there is not a man ^(F1)on earth to ^(F2)(C1)have relations with us according to the custom of all the earth.

"Come, ^(C1)let's make our father drink wine, and let's sleep with him so that we may keep ^(F1)our family alive through our father."

So they made their father drink wine that night, and the firstborn went in and slept with her father; and he did not know when she lay down or got up.

On the following day, the firstborn said to the younger, "Look, I slept last night with my father; let's make him drink wine tonight too, then you go in and sleep with him, so that we may keep ^(F1)our family alive through our father."

So they had their father drink wine that night too, and the younger got up and slept with him; and he did not know when she lay down or got up.

And so both of the daughters of Lot conceived by their father.

The firstborn gave birth to a son, and named him ^(C1)Moab; he is the father of the Moabites to this day.

As for the younger, she also gave birth to a son, and named him Ben-ammi; he is the father of ^(F1)the sons of ^(C1)Ammon to this day.