And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And the first-born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
WEB
The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of today.
YLT
and the first-born beareth a son, and calleth his name Moab; he is father of Moab unto this day;
DBT
And the first-born bore a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites to this day.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)