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37 When the older daughter gave birth to a son, she named him Moab.[a] He became the ancestor of the nation now known as the Moabites. 38 When the younger daughter gave birth to a son, she named him Ben-ammi.[b] He became the ancestor of the nation now known as the Ammonites.

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Footnotes

  1. 19:37 Moab sounds like a Hebrew term that means “from father.”
  2. 19:38 Ben-ammi means “son of my kinsman.”

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