Genesis 19:37 “The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the f…”

Genesis 19:37

The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of today.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.

World English Bible

The firstborn bore a son, and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites to this day.

American Standard Version

And the first-born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the elder bare a sonne, and she called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites vnto this day.

Darby Translation

And the first-born bore a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites to this day.

Young's Literal Translation

and the first-born beareth a son, and calleth his name Moab; he [is] father of Moab unto this day;

Bible in Basic English

And the older daughter had a son, and she gave him the name Moab: he is the father of the Moabites to this day.

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Cross references

“Moabites”

Deuteronomy 2:9 Numbers 21:29 Numbers 22:1–41 Deuteronomy 2:19 Deuteronomy 23:3 Judges 3:1–31

Deuteronomy 2:9 · BSB

Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”

Numbers 21:29 · BSB

Woe to you, O Moab! You are destroyed, O people of Chemosh! He gave up his sons as refugees, and his daughters into captivity to Sihon king of the Amorites.

Numbers 22:1–41 · BSB

Then the Israelites traveled on and camped in the plains of Moab near the Jordan, across from Jericho.

Deuteronomy 2:19 · BSB

But when you get close to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the Ammonites. I have given it to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”

Deuteronomy 23:3 · BSB

No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation.

Judges 3:1–31 · BSB

These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

36Thus both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.

38The younger daughter also gave birth to a son, and she named him Ben-ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites of today.

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