Motif
Post-catastrophe preservation of a family line
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A motif of the Flood, Fire, and Cosmic Renewal family, within the sub-family Survivor Pairs, Lineages, Repeopling, and Refounding. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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jewish christian
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Genesis Footnotes / Chapter 18 / Footnotes / Chapter 19; lines 1084-1164 confidence: high
Lot's daughters discuss preserving their father's family line, make Lot drink wine on two nights, lie with him while he is unaware, and both become pregnant by him.
Lot's daughters say there is no man available and propose making their father drink wine so they may preserve their father's family line; both conceive by him.
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