Genesis 19:30 Lot departed from Zoar and lived in the mountains along with his two daughters, because he was afraid to live in Zoar. Instead, he and his two daughters lived in a cave. 31 Then the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us as is the custom of all the land. 32 Come, let’s get our father to drink wine so that we can sleep with him and preserve our father’s line.” 33 So they got their father to drink wine that night, and the firstborn came and slept with her father; he did not know when she lay down or when she got up.
34 The next day the firstborn said to the younger, “Look, I slept with my father last night. Let’s get him to drink wine again tonight so you can go sleep with him and we can preserve our father’s line.” 35 That night they again got their father to drink wine, and the younger went and slept with him; he did not know when she lay down or when she got up.
36 So both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father. 37 The firstborn gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of today. 38 The younger also gave birth to a son, and she named him Ben-ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites of today.
So, in order to preserve their father's line, Lot's daughters made him drunk and slept with him. Lot apparently did not know it, well until his daughters turned up pregnant.
I am not sure what else to say on this passage. All I can think of is that this passage is just telling us how the Moabites and Ammonites came to be. I know Ruth was a Moabite and she is an ancestor of David. That means David descends from broth Abraham and Lot. I'm not sure if there is any significance in that, but there it is!
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