Genesis 19:37

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

And the firstborn bore a son, and she called his name Moab; he is the father of the Moabites to this day.

Latin

Peperitque major filium, et vocavit nomen ejus Moab: ipse est pater Moabitarum usque in præsentem diem.

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

Genesis 19:36–38

The daughters' plan worked. They each became pregnant by their father. From these two sons, born from incest, came two of Israel's long-time enemies: the nations of Moab and Ammon. Their extreme wickedness was partly due to their origins.
Both daughters chose descriptive names for their sons. Moab means "from my father" and Ben-ammi means "son of my people." These names subtly hinted at their actions without making people suspicious who were unaware of the stories.

Genesis 19:30–38

The poverty of the cave contrasts with the wealth Lot shared with Abram and the good life he lived in Sodom. Abraham would father a righteous nation (17:1), but Lot and his daughters started a new Sodom.

Genesis 19:1–38

The Canaanites were evil people who tried to corrupt others. God judged their immoral civilization and warned others not to be like them. It was difficult to get Lot and his family out of Sodom. But it was even more difficult to remove Sodom's influence from them.

This chapter helped later Israelites understand the moral and spiritual dangers of the people living in and around the promised land. This included the Canaanites and Lot’s descendants, the Moabites and the Ammonites (see Numbers 22–25; Deuteronomy 23:3–6; Joshua 24:9; Judges 10:7–9; 11:4–5; 1 Samuel 10:27; 1 Kings 11:1–3; 2 Kings 24:2).

Theme notes and profiles

Abraham Lot Moab and Ammon Family, Community, and Sexual Sin Human Sexuality Symbolic Numbers

Related verses

Deuteronomy 2:9
Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”
Deuteronomy 2:19
But when you get close to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the Ammonites. I have given it to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”
Deuteronomy 23:3
No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation.
2 Kings 3:1–27
In the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Jehoram son of Ahab became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twelve years.
Numbers 21:29
Woe to you, O Moab! You are destroyed, O people of Chemosh! He gave up his sons as refugees, and his daughters into captivity to Sihon king of the Amorites.
2 Samuel 8:1–18
Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from the hand of the Philistines.
Judges 3:1–31
These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan,
Ruth 4:10
Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased through his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his brothers or from the gate of his home. You are witnesses today.”
Numbers 22:1–41
Then the Israelites traveled on and camped in the plains of Moab near the Jordan, across from Jericho.
Numbers 24:1–25
And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not seek omens as on previous occasions, but he turned his face toward the wilderness.

People

Lot's elder daughter: Elder daughter of Lot; mother of Moab Moab: Son of Lot, born from an incestuous relationship

Places

Moab: Ancient kingdom east of the Dead Sea in Jordan

Glossary

Abraham Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Cities of the Plain Dead Sea Ebla Tablets Ezekiel, Book of Genealogy Genesis, Book of Gomorrah Incest Jude, Letter of Lot Moab, Moabites Numbers, Book of Patriarchs, Period of the Peter, Second Letter of Sodom and Gomorrah

Topics

Adultery: Lot Bastard: Moab and Ammon Children: Wicked: Lot's Daughters Lasciviousness: Lot's Daughters Lot: The Son of Haran: Commits Incest with his Daughters Moab: Son of Lot Moabites: Descendants of Lot Through his Son Moab Moabites: Descended from Lot Women: The Daughters of Lot, in Their Incestuous Lust

Genesis 19:37

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