Genesis 19:37

And the elder brought forth a son, and called his name Moab: he is the father of the Moabaee unto this day.

Targum Onkelos

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

36And the two daughters of Lot conceived from their father;

38And the younger also brought forth a son, and she called his name Bar Ammi: he is the father of the B’ni Ammon unto this day.

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Cross References

Numbers 22:1And the sons of Israel moved onward, and encamped in the plain of Moab (at some space) from the ford of the Jordan (towards) Jericho.

Deuteronomy 2:9And the Lord said to me, Distress not the Moabaee, nor stir thyself to make war with them; for I will not give thee any of their land to inherit, for I have given Lechiath unto the children of Lot for an inheritance.

Deuteronomy 23:3A bastard or mixed person ( mamzer) shall not be clean, so as to enter into the congregation of the Lord; his offspring also to the tenth generation shall not be clean, so as to enter into the congregation of the Lord.

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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