Genesis 19:37 KJV

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

Matthew Henry

  • The sin and disgrace of LotSee the peril of security. Lot, who kept chaste in Sodom, and was a mourner for the wickedness of the place, and a witness against it, when in the mountain,...

Thompson Chains

  • MoabitesStarts here · next Numbers 25:1 · 6 links

Cross References

  • Deuteronomy 2:9 And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.
  • Numbers 21:29 Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.
  • Numbers 22:1–41 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho. …
  • Numbers 24:1–25 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness. …
  • Deuteronomy 2:19 And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.

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Topics

  • Adultery Lot
  • Bastard Moab and Ammon
  • Children Lot’s daughters
  • God To Lot, when Sodom was destroyed
  • Lasciviousness Lot’s daughters

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Bible Dictionary

  • MoabThe seed of the father, or, according to others, the desirable land, the eldest son of Lot (Gen 19:37), of incestuous birth.

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • And the firstborn הַבְּכִירָה habbĕkîrâ בְּכִירָה Noun · feminine singular · with the
  • bare וַתֵּלֶד wattēled יָלַד Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person feminine singular · with and
  • a son בֵּן bēn בֵּן Noun · masculine singular
  • and called וַתִּקְרָא wattiqrāʾ קָרָא Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person feminine singular · with and
  • his name שְׁמוֹ šĕmô שֵׁם Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
  • Moab מוֹאָב môʾāb מוֹאָב Proper name
  • the same הוּא hûʾ הוּא Pronoun · third person masculine singular
  • the father אֲבִי ʾăbî אָב Noun · masculine singular construct
  • of the Moabites מוֹאָב môʾāb מוֹאָב Proper name
  • unto this day עַד ʿad Preposition הַיּוֹם hayyôm יוֹם Noun · masculine singular · with the

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