Genesis 19:36-38
1599 Geneva Bible
36 Thus were [a]both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
37 And the elder bare a son, and she called his name Moab: the same is the father of the [b]Moabites unto this day.
38 And the younger bare a son also, and she called his name [c]Ben-Ammi: the same is the father of the Ammonites unto this day.
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- Genesis 19:36 Thus God permitted him to fall most horribly in the solitary mountains, whom the wickedness of Sodom could not overcome.
- Genesis 19:37 Who as they were born in most horrible incest, so were they and their posterity vile and wicked.
- Genesis 19:38 That is, son of my people: signifying that they rather rejoiced in their sin, than repented for the same.
Genesis 19:36-38
New International Version
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.
Footnotes
- Genesis 19:37 Moab sounds like the Hebrew for from father.
- Genesis 19:38 Ben-Ammi means son of my father’s people.
- Genesis 19:38 Hebrew Bene-Ammon
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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