"And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two
daughters with him.... And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is
old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner
of all the earth:
Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we
may preserve seedof our father. And they made their father drink wine that
night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived
not when she lay down, nor when she arose." Gen.19:30-36
The moral and ethical implications of this biblical account have resonated
through the ages. Yetzer Tov’ and ‘Yetzer Hara’, look on. Through the cave
opening is a contemporary riot scene - an Arab man with a sling and a youth
flying a Palestinian flag. The act between Lot and his daughters resulted in
the birth of Moab and Ben-Ammon - the forefathers of the peoples of modern
Iraq and Jordan/West Bank.
‘Lot and his Daughters’ 2006,
Oil on Canvas, 52" h x 36" w