(And they must have also known that only Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed. The men in every other city were still available.)
I will not overthrow this city for the which thou hast spoken. Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. Genesis 19:21-22And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him. Genesis 19:30
Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us. Genesis 19:31
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Sodom and Gomorrah were not the only cities destroyed. All the cities of the plain except for Zoar were destroyed what fire and brimstone. You quote the passage that says this yourself (Genesis 19:24–25). Your dishonesty in this instance will undermine the entire credibility of this otherwise excellent biblical critical website. Please correct it?!
Yes, this is an interesting one, and I may have misinterpreted it. Here is my understanding on it. (But I can assure you that no dishonesty was involved in the creation of this contradiction.)
In verse 31, the older daughter said to the younger that there was no other man on earth they could have sex with. Yet they originally escaped to Zoar, which the angel promised not to destroy (vv. 20-23).
So did the daughters think that every man on earth - including the men of Zoar - were destroyed?
It's hard to say. But I think you are right. The contradiction is weak, since it depends on what Lot's daughters may have thought about it. So I will remove it.
If you find others that you think should be removed, please let me know.