KJV King James Version
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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Genesis 19:38
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The younger daughter also gave birth to a son, and she named him Ben-ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites of today.
WEB World English Bible
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 American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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.
Surrounding context — Genesis 19
35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
37 And the firstborn 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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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְהַצְּעִירָ֤הH6810 · tsa.irlittleגַם־H1571 · gamalsoהִוא֙H1931 · huhe/she/itיָ֣לְדָהH3205 · ya.ladto begetבֵּ֔ןH1121 · benson: childוַתִּקְרָ֥אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toשְׁמ֖וֹH8034 · shemnameבֶּן־H1151 · ben-am.miBen-ammiעַמִּ֑יH1151 · ben-am.miBen-ammiה֛וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itאֲבִ֥יH1 · avfatherבְנֵֽי־H1121 · benson: childעַמּ֖וֹןH5983 · am.monAmmonעַד־H5704 · adtillהַיּֽוֹם׃ סH3117 · yomday
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 2:19And [when] thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon [any] possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot [for] a possession.Judges 10:6And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not him.2 Samuel 10:1-19And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.Deuteronomy 23:3An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever:Isaiah 11:14But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.1 Samuel 11:1-15Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.Psalm 83:4-8They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from [being] a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.Nehemiah 13:23-28In those days also saw I Jews [that] had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, [and] of Moab:Zephaniah 2:9Therefore [as] I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, [even] the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.Deuteronomy 2:9And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land [for] a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot [for] a possession.Nehemiah 13:1-3On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever;
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