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Genesis 19:37

What does Genesis 19:37 mean?

A plain-English look at Genesis 19:37 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

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

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and the first-born beareth a son, and calleth his name Moab; he <FI>is<Fi> father of Moab unto this day;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And the elder bore a son, and she called his name Moab: he is the father of the Moabites unto this day.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

v.36Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.

v.37This passage

v.38And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Ben-ammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Deuteronomy 2:9

    And Jehovah said unto me, Vex not Moab, neither contend with them in battle; for I will not give thee of his land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.

  • Numbers 24:1

    And when Balaam saw that it pleased Jehovah to bless Israel, he went not, as at the other times, to meet with enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

  • Numbers 21:29

    Woe to thee, Moab! Thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: He hath given his sons as fugitives, And his daughters into captivity, Unto Sihon king of the Amorites.

  • Ruth 4:10

    Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.

  • 2 Samuel 8:1

    And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took the bridle of the mother city out of the hand of the Philistines.

  • Deuteronomy 2:19

    and when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, vex them not, nor contend with them; for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon for a possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.

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