GEN 19:37 Parallel View

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OET (OET-RV) Then the eldest daughter gave birth to a son and she named him Moab (which means ‘from my father’). (He’s the ancestor of the Moabites to this day.)

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ULT Then the firstborn bore a son, and she called his name Moab. He is the father of the Moabites to this day.

UST Later his older daughter gave birth to a son, and she named him Moab, which means “from my father.” He became the ancestor of the Moabite people who are still living today.

BSB The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab.[fn] He is the father of the Moabites of today.

19:37 Moab sounds like the Hebrew for from my father.

OEB Then Lot went up from Zoar with his two daughters and lived in a cave on the heights, for he was afraid to stay in Zoar. His oldest daughter bore a son, and named him Moab. He is the father of the present Moabites.

WEB The firstborn bore a son, and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites to this day.

NET The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the ancestor of the Moabites of today.

LSV and the firstborn bears a son and calls his name Moab: he [is] father of Moab to this day.

FBV The older daughter had a son, and she called him Moab.[fn] He is the ancestor of the Moabites of today.

19:37 “Moab”: understood to mean “son of my father.”

T4T The older one later gave birth to a son, whom she named Moab. He became the ancestor of the Moab people-group.

LEB The firstborn gave birth to a son, and she called his name Moab. He is the father of Moab until this day.

BBE And the older daughter had a son, and she gave him the name Moab: he is the father of the Moabites to this day.

MOF No MOF GEN book available

JPS And the first-born bore a son, and called his name Moab — the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.

ASV And the first-born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.

DRA And the elder bore a son, and she called his name Moab: he is the father of the Moabites unto this day.

YLT and the first-born beareth a son, and calleth his name Moab; he [is] father of Moab unto this day;

DBY And the first-born bore a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites to this day.

RV And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.

WBS And the first-born bore a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites to this day.

KJB And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
(And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. )

BB And the elder bare a sonne, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites vnto this day.
(And the elder bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.)

GNV And the elder bare a sonne, and she called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites vnto this day.
(And the elder bare a son, and she called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. )

CB And the elder bare a sonne, and called him Moab, of whom come ye Moabytes vnto this daye.
(And the elder bare a son, and called him Moab, of whom come ye/you_all Moabytes unto this day.)

WYC And the more douytre childide a sone, and clepide his name Moab; he is the fadir of men of Moab `til in to present dai.
(And the more douytre childide a son, and called his name Moab; he is the father of men of Moab `til in to present day.)

LUT Und die älteste gebar einen Sohn, den hieß sie Moab. Von dem kommen her die Moabiter bis auf diesen heutigen Tag.
(And the älteste gebar a son, the was_called they/she/them Moab. Von to_him coming her the Moabiter until on diesen heutigen Tag.)

CLV Peperitque major filium, et vocavit nomen ejus Moab: ipse est pater Moabitarum usque in præsentem diem.[fn]
(Peperitque mayor filium, and vocavit nomen his Moab: himself it_is pater Moabitarum usque in præsentem diem.)

19.37 Vocavit nomen ejus Moab, etc. THEOD. Videtur hæc impudentior, quæ suum incestum ad posteros quoque transmittere voluit. Moab enim de patre significat: altera verecundior, quæ filio nomen indidit, Benammi, id est filius populi mei.

19.37 Vocavit nomen his Moab, etc. THEOD. Videtur this impudentior, which his_own incestum to posteros quoque transmittere voluit. Moab because de patre significat: altera verecundior, which filio nomen indidit, Benammi, id it_is filius populi my/mine.

BRN And the elder bore a son, and called his name Moab, saying, He is of my father. This is the father of the Moabites to this present day.

BrLXX Καὶ ἔτεκεν ἡ πρεσβυτέρα υἱὸν, καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Μωὰβ, λέγουσα, ἐκ τοῦ πατρός μου· οὗτος πατὴρ Μωαβιτῶν ἕως τῆς σήμερον ἡμέρας.
(Kai eteken haʸ presbutera huion, kai ekalese to onoma autou Mōab, legousa, ek tou patros mou; houtos pataʸr Mōabitōn heōs taʸs saʸmeron haʸmeras. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

וַ⁠תֵּ֤לֶד הַ⁠בְּכִירָה֙ בֵּ֔ן

and=she/it_gave_birth the,firstborn son

Make sure that the way you translate “Later” fits with the fact that several months have gone by. Alternate translation: “Later the oldest daughter gave birth to a son,” or “… had a son,”

וַ⁠תִּקְרָ֥א שְׁמ֖⁠וֹ

and=she/it_called/named his/its=name

See how you translated called his name in Gen 5:29. Alternate translation: “and she called him” or “whom she named”

Note 1 topic: translate-names

מוֹאָ֑ב

Mōʼāⱱ

You can include the meaning of this name in your translation text or in a footnote. Some translations put this implied information in parentheses. Do what is best in your language.

ה֥וּא אֲבִֽי

he/it father_of

Alternate translation: “He was the ancestor of”

מוֹאָ֖ב עַד הַ⁠יּֽוֹם

Mōʼāⱱites until the=day

The phrase, to this day or “today” refers to the time when Moses wrote the book of Genesis, which was hundreds of years after Lot and his daughters lived and died. Alternate translation: “the people group who are called the Moabites today.”

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