Genesis 19:36-38
Good News Translation
36 In this way both of Lot's daughters became pregnant by their own father. 37 The older daughter had a son, whom she named Moab.[a] He was the ancestor of the present-day Moabites. 38 The younger daughter also had a son, whom she named Benammi.[b] He was the ancestor of the present-day Ammonites.
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- Genesis 19:37 This name sounds like the Hebrew for “from my father.”
- Genesis 19:38 This name in Hebrew means “son of my relative” and sounds like the Hebrew for “Ammonite.”
Genesis 19:36-38
King James Version
36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
37 And the first born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
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