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Lot and His Daughters

Genesis 19:38

In 11 translations

BSB
The younger daughter also gave birth to a son, and she named him Ben-ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites of today.Ben-ammi means son of my people.
KJV
And 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.
WEB
The younger also bore a son, and called his name Ben Ammi. He is the father of the children of Ammon to this day.
ASV
And 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.
LSV
As for the younger, she has also born a son and calls his name Ben-Ammi: he [is] father of the sons of Ammon to this day.
YLT
as to the younger, she also hath born a son, and calleth his name Ben-Ammi: he [is] father of the Beni-Ammon unto this day.
DBY
And the younger, she also bore a son, and called his name Ben-ammi; the same is the father of the children of Ammon to this day.
DRC
The younger also bore a son, and she called his name Ammon, that is, the son of my people: he is the father of the Ammonites unto this day.
GNV
And the yonger bare a sonne also, and she called his name Ben-ammi: the same is the father of the Ammonites vnto this day.
JPS
And the younger, she also bore a son, and called his name Ben-ammi — the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
LXXE
And the younger also bore a son, and called his name Amman, saying, The son of my family. This is the father of the Ammanites to this present day.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְהַצְּעִירָ֤ה גַם־הִוא֙ יָ֣לְדָה בֵּ֔ן וַתִּקְרָ֥א שְׁמ֖וֹ בֶּן־עַמִּ֑י ה֛וּא אֲבִ֥י בְנֵֽי־עַמּ֖וֹן עַד־הַיּֽוֹם׃
LXX-Br
Ἔτεκε δὲ καὶ ἡ νεωτέρα υἱὸν, καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἀμμὰν, λέγουσα, υἱὸς γένους μου· οὗτος πατὴρ Ἀμμανιτῶν ἕως τῆς σήμερον ἡμέρας.

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  • 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 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.”
  • Zephaniah 2:9Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah— a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My…
  • Nehemiah 13:1–3At that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and in it they found the passage stating that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God, because they had not met the…
  • Isaiah 11:14They will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines to the west; together they will plunder the sons of the east. They will lay their hands on Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be subject to them.
  • Judges 10:6–11:40And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did…
  • 2 Samuel 10:1–19Some time later, the king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son Hanun. And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent some of his…
  • Psalms 83:4–8saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.” For with one mind they plot together, they form an alliance against You— the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and…
  • 1 Samuel 11:1–15Soon Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.” But Nahash the Ammonite replied, “I will make a treaty with you on…
  • Nehemiah 13:23–28In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab. Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of the other peoples, but could not speak the language of Judah. I rebuked them…
  • Deuteronomy 23:3No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation.

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