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Genesis 19:36–37

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36Thus both the daughters of Lot became pregnant by their father. 37The firstborn bore a son and called his name Moab.2 nHe is the father of the Moabites to this day.

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Footnotes

  1. 2Moab sounds like the Hebrew for from father

Cross references

  1. nDeut. 2:9

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

So both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father. The older daughter had a son, and she named him Moab; he is the father of the Moabites of today.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father. The firstborn gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of today.

NLTNew Living Translation

As a result, both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their own father. When the older daughter gave birth to a son, she named him Moab. He became the ancestor of the nation now known as the Moabites.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And the two daughters of Lot became pregnant by their father. The firstborn gave birth to a son, and she called his name Moab. He is the father of Moab until this day.

KJV 1900King James Version

Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.