Genesis 19:36 (WEB)
Thus both of Lot’s daughters were with child by their father.
Fathers and councils · 5
Augustine of Hippo
““Moab,” “from the father;” which in a bad sense has no better explanation, than by considering it so connected with the actual history, that Lot, a father, by the illicit intercourse procured by his daughter, begat him; since it was from that very circumstance he was so named.” — editor's note: Gen. xix. 36, 37.
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Jerome
“Still his error was a grave one, for it made him the father of Moab and Ammon, Israel’s enemies, of whom it is said: “Even to the fourteenth generation they shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord forever.”” — editor's note: Gen. xix. 30–38.
Read the whole comment“Lot in a fit of intoxication unwittingly adds incest to incontinence, and wine overcomes the man whom Sodom failed to conquer.” — editor's note: Gen. xix. 30–38.
Read the whole comment“She called to mind the cave in which Lot found refuge, and with tears in her eyes warned the virgins her companions to beware of “wine wherein is excess;” for it was to this that the Moabites and Ammonites owe their origin.” — editor's note: Gen. xix. 30–38.
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Tertullian
“That done, you will condone incests, too, for Lot’s sake; and fornications combined with incest, for Judah’s sake; and base marriages with prostitutes, for Hosea’s sake; and not only the frequent repetition of…” — editor's note: See Gen. xix. 30–38.
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