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36 Both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father. 37 The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the ancestor of today’s Moabites. 38 The younger daughter also gave birth to a son and named him Ben-ammi.[a] He is the ancestor of today’s Ammonites.

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  1. Genesis 19:38 Or son of my people

36 So both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.(A) 37 The older daughter had a son, and she named him Moab[a];(B) he is the father of the Moabites(C) of today. 38 The younger daughter also had a son, and she named him Ben-Ammi[b]; he is the father of the Ammonites[c](D) of today.

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  1. Genesis 19:37 Moab sounds like the Hebrew for from father.
  2. Genesis 19:38 Ben-Ammi means son of my father’s people.
  3. Genesis 19:38 Hebrew Bene-Ammon