Genesis 19:33

19:33 So that night they made their father drunk with wine, ¹  and the older daughter ²  came and had sexual relations with her father. ³  But he was not aware that she had sexual relations with him and then got up. ⁴ 

Genesis 19:35

19:35 So they made their father drunk ⁵  that night as well, and the younger one came and had sexual relations with him. ⁶  But he was not aware that she had sexual relations with him and then got up. ⁷ 

Genesis 43:34

43:34 He gave them portions of the food set before him, ⁸  but the portion for Benjamin was five times greater than the portions for any of the others. They drank with Joseph until they all became drunk. ⁹ 

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¹ tn Heb “drink wine.”

² tn Heb “the firstborn.”

³ tn Heb “and the firstborn came and lied down with her father.” The expression “lied down with” here and in the following verses is a euphemism for sexual relations.

⁴ tn Heb “and he did not know when she lay down and when she arose.”

⁵ tn Heb “drink wine.”

⁶ tn Heb “lied down with him.”

⁷ tn Heb “And he did not know when she lied down and when she arose.”

⁸ tn Heb “and he lifted up portions from before his face to them.”

⁹ tn Heb “and they drank and were intoxicated with him” (cf. NIV “drank freely with him”; NEB “grew merry”; NRSV “were merry”). The brothers were apparently relaxed and set at ease, despite Joseph’s obvious favoritism toward Benjamin.