Genesis 19:37
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of today.”
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“The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of today.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the first-born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and the first-born beareth a son, and calleth his name Moab; he <FI>is<Fi> father of Moab unto this day;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 19:37 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 21:29Woe 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 22:1Then the Israelites traveled on and camped in the plains of Moab near the Jordan, across from Jericho.
- Numbers 24:1And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not resort to sorcery as on previous occasions, but he turned his face toward the wilderness.
- Deuteronomy 2:9Then 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.”
- Deuteronomy 2:19But 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 23:3No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation.
- Judges 3:1These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan,
- Ruth 4:10Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased through his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his brothers or from the gate of his home. You are witnesses today.”
- 1 Samuel 14:47After Saul had assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side—the Moabites, the Ammonites, the Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he routed them.
- 2 Samuel 8:1Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from the hand of the Philistines.
- 2 Kings 3:1In the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Jehoram son of Ahab became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twelve years.
- Psalms 83:9Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,
- Zephaniah 2:8“I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).