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Genesis 19:32

Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

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לְכָ֨הlekhahcarryיָלַךְverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular, paragogic he — “carry”, a commandH3212to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)[idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue,…נַשְׁקֶ֧הnashqehcause to drinkשָׁקָהverb, hiphil, imperfect, 1st person, common, plural — “cause to drink”, an unfinished actionH8248to quaff, i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish apotion tocause to (give, give to, let, make to) drink, drown, moisten, water. See H7937 (שָׁכַר), H8354 (שָׁתָה).אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).אָבִ֛ינוּavinvfatherאָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “father”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationchief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.יַ֖יִןyayinwineיַיִןnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “wine”, the ordinary formH3196wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxicationbanqueting, wine, wine(-bibber).וְנִשְׁכְּבָ֣הvenishkevahand lieשָׁכַבconjunction, verb, qal, cohortative, 1st person, common, plural — “and lie”, a determination or requestH7901to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)[idiom] at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.עִמּ֑וֹimvowithעִםpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “with”H5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).וּנְחַיֶּ֥הunechayehand liveחָיָהconjunction, verb, piel, imperfect, 1st person, common, plural — “and live”, an unfinished actionH2421to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revivekeep (leave, make) alive, [idiom] certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, ([idiom] God) save (alive, life, lives), [idiom] surely, be whole.מֵאָבִ֖ינוּmeavinvfrom fatherאָבpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “from father”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationchief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.זָֽרַעzaraseedזֶרַעnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “seed”, the ordinary formH2233seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity[idiom] carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing-time.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

Young’s Literal Translation

come, we cause our father to drink wine, and lie with him, and preserve from our father — a seed.'

World English Bible

Come, let’s make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve our father’s family line.”

Darby Translation

come, let us give our father wine to drink, and let us lie with him, that we may preserve seed alive of our father.

Douay-Rheims

Come, let us make him drunk with wine, and let us lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Come and let us make our father drink wine, and let us sleep with him, and let us raise up seed from our father.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Δεῦρο καὶ ποτίσωμεν τὸν πατέρα ἡμῶν οἶνον, καὶ κοιμηθῶμεν μετʼ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐξαναστήσωμεν ἐκ τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν σπέρμα.