Come, let`s make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve our father`s seed."

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

גשׁ־ < הלאה (gesh - hāl'âh), meaning “approach to a distant point,” or “stand back.”

סנורים (san'evērı̂ym

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

That we may preserve seed of our father. —This was a very strong feeling in ancient times, and provides the sole excuse f…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Come, let us make our father drink wine
Meaning to excess, so as to be inebriated with it, and not know what he did:…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

See the peril of security. Lot, who kept chaste in Sodom, and was a mourner for the wickedness of the place, and a witness against it, when in the …

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