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with &m, that we may Preserve seed of our father. 33
And they made their father drink wine that night: and
the first-born went in, and lay with her father: and he
knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose. 34 And
it came to pass on the morrow, that the first-born said
unto the younger, Behold, I lay yester-night with my
father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and
go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed
of our father. 3j And they made their father drink wine
that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him;
aBd he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
36 Thus were both. the daughters of Lot with child by
their father. 37 And the first-born bare a son, and culled
his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto
this day. 38 And the younger, she also bare a sm, and
called his name Ben-amnzi: the same is the father of the
children of Ammon unto this day.
The Flight to Zoar. Lot and his two daughters reached
Zoar some time after sunrise. Evidently he did not stop
there, however, but kept on going until he found a cave
where he continued to dwell, for how long we do not
know. “Lot’s rescue is ascribed to Elohim, as the Judge
of the whole earth, not to the covenant God, Jehovah,
because Lot in his separation from Abraham was removed
from the special providence of Jehovah. In his flight
from Sodom he seems to have been driven by a paralyzing
fear: just how much of the obedience of faith was in-
volved it is impossible to say. (We must remember that
fear is the opposite of faith). Evidently a kind of paralyz-
ing terror gave way to a calculating fear which has been
properly designated an “unbelieving fear.” At any rate
he kept on until he could bury himself and his daughters
in a cave. Caves are said to be numerous in these moun-
tains of Moab. He knew, evidently, that it had been de-
creed that Zoar also was to be destroyed and had been
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