Genesis 19:37 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The firstborn gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of today. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The older bore a son, and named him Moab [of a father]; he is the father of the Moabites to this day. American Standard Version (1901) And the first-born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. Common English Bible The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the ancestor of today’s Moabites. Catholic Public Domain Version And the elder gave birth to a son, and she called his name Moab. He is the father of the Moabites, even to the present day. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the elder bore a son, and called his name Moab: he is the father of the Moabites unto this day. |
I have heard the taunting of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted my people and threatened their territory.
Woe to you, Moab! You have been destroyed, people of Chemosh! He gave up his sons as refugees, and his daughters into captivity to Sihon the Amorite king.
When you get close to the Ammonites, don’t show any hostility to them or provoke them, for I will not give you any of the Ammonites’ land as a possession; I have given it as a possession to the descendants of Lot.” ’
The Lord said to me, “Show no hostility towards Moab, and do not provoke them to battle, for I will not give you any of their land as a possession, since I have given Ar as a possession to the descendants of Lot.” ’
No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the Lord’s assembly; none of their descendants, even to the tenth generation, may ever enter the Lord’s assembly.
I have also acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to perpetuate the deceased man’s name on his property, so that his name will not disappear among his relatives or from the gate of his home town. You are witnesses today.’
When Saul assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies in every direction: against Moab, the Ammonites, Edom, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he caused havoc.