What happened to Lot and his daughters after they escaped to the hills?

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Sodom and Gomorrah *Landscape with the Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah*, oil on wood by Joachim Patinir, c. 1520; in the collection of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

After escaping the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot and his two daughters took shelter in a cave in the nearby hills.1

Isolated and fearing the end of their lineage, the daughters decided to conceive children by their father. They made Lot drink wine in excess until he was inebriated. While he was in this state and without his knowledge or consent, they had sexual intercourse with him on subsequent nights.1

Both daughters became pregnant as a result. The firstborn daughter gave birth to Moab, the ancestor of the Moabites, and the second daughter gave birth to Ben-ammi, the ancestor of the Ammonites.1