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To: Verginius Rufus
Lot, the nephew of Abraham, had two daughters who believed that the whole human race, other than themselves and their father, had been destroyed, so they got their father so drunk that he did not realize what was happening, and got themselves pregnant by him.

They DID??


You must have a KJV bible; as the NIV says:


Genesis 19:30-38

30 Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains, for he was afraid to stay in Zoar. He and his two daughters lived in a cave. 31 One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man around here to give us children—as is the custom all over the earth. 32 Let’s get our father to drink wine and then sleep with him and preserve our family line through our father.”


KJV=

31 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.

274 posted on 11/25/2014 12:54:30 PM PST by Elsie ( Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

Thems wuz sum mighty ugly dotters!

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279 posted on 11/25/2014 1:06:58 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Elsie
I had not looked at any translation, just going on memory (and some commentary I read once that tried to excuse the daughters' behavior on the grounds they thought no one else was alive).

I don't read Hebrew, but I just looked at the Septuagint and the KJV is a pretty accurate rendition of the Greek text. The NIV looks like it is a looser translation at least in this case. The Greek phrase means "upon the earth."

305 posted on 11/25/2014 4:39:12 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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