Genesis

Genesis 19:31

³¹One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us, as is the custom over all the earth.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
One day the older	הַבְּכִירָ֛ה	hab·bə·ḵî·rāh	Article; Adjective - feminine singular	H1067 first-born
said	וַתֹּ֧אמֶר	wat·tō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H559 utter, say
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the younger	הַצְּעִירָ֖ה	haṣ·ṣə·‘î·rāh	Article; Adjective - feminine singular	H6810 little, insignificant, young
Our father	אָבִ֣ינוּ	’ā·ḇî·nū	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common plural	H1 father
is old	זָקֵ֑ן	zā·qên	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H2204 be or become old
and there is no	אֵ֤ין	’ên	Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
man	וְאִ֨ישׁ	wə·’îš	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
in the land	בָּאָ֙רֶץ֙	bā·’ā·reṣ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
to sleep with	לָב֣וֹא	lā·ḇō·w	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H935 come in, come, go in, go
us	עָלֵ֔ינוּ	‘ā·lê·nū	Preposition; first person common plural	H5921 height
as is the custom	כְּדֶ֖רֶךְ	kə·ḏe·reḵ	Preposition-k; Noun - common singular construct	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
over all	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
the earth	הָאָֽרֶץ׃	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Deuteronomy 25:5 · Genesis 4:1 · Genesis 6:4 · Genesis 16:2 · Genesis 16:4 · Isaiah 4:1

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.