^19:31Later the older daughter said⁸⁵ to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man anywhere nearby⁸⁶ to have sexual relations with us,⁸⁷ according to the way of all the world.

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Footnotes

85 Heb “and the firstborn said.”
86 Or perhaps “on earth,” in which case the statement would be hyperbolic; presumably there had been some men living in the town of Zoar to which Lot and his daughters had initially fled.
87 Heb “to enter upon us.” This is a euphemism for sexual relations.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And 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 all the earth.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.

CSBChristian Standard 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.

NLTNew Living Translation

One day the older daughter said to her sister, “There are no men left anywhere in this entire area, so we can’t get married like everyone else. And our father will soon be too old to have children.

LEBThe Lexham English 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.

KJV 1900King 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:

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