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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 19, Verse 38

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And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same [is] the father of the Moabites unto this day.
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.
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.
New English Translation
The younger daughter also gave birth to a son and named him Ben Ammi. He is the ancestor of the Ammonites of today.
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.
1
And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
2
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She [is] my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
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But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou [art but] a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she [is] a man's wife.
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But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?
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Said he not unto me, She [is] my sister? and she, even she herself said, He [is] my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.
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And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
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Now therefore restore the man [his] wife; for he [is] a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore [her] not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that [are] thine.
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Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.
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Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.
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And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?