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Genesis 19:37

Then Lot went up from Zoar with his two daughters and lived in a cave on the heights, for he was afraid to stay in Zoar. His oldest daughter bore a son, and named him Moab. He is the father of the present Moabites.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

36In this way both the daughters of Lot became pregnant by their father.

38The younger also bore a son and named him Ben-ammi. That one is the father of the present Ammonites.

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Cross References

Ruth 4:10Moreover I have secured Ruth the Moabite, the wife of Mahlon, to be my wife, in order to perpetuate the name of the dead in connection with his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his relatives and from the household where he lived. You are witnesses this day.”

Psalms 83:9Deal with them as you dealt with Midian, with Sisera, with Jabin, at the torrent of Kishon,

Matthew Henry on Genesis 19:31-38

Lot's Disgrace. ( b. c. 1898.) 30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. 31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth: 32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. 33 And they made their father drink wine that… Read the whole commentary →

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