Genesis 19:37
And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab,—the same, is the father of Moab, unto this day.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
36Thus did, the two daughters of Lot conceive from their father.
Cross References
Numbers 22:1Then did the sons of Israel break up,—and encamp in the waste plains of Moab, on the other side of the Jordan by Jericho.
Deuteronomy 2:9And Yahweh said unto me—Do not lay siege to Moab, nor engage in strife with them in battle,—for I will not give unto thee of this land as a possession, for unto the sons of Lot, have I given Ar, as a possession.
Deuteronomy 23:3Neither an Ammonite nor a Moabite shall enter into the convocation of Yahweh,—even to the tenth generation, shall none that belong to them enter into the convocation of Yahweh, unto times age-abiding:
Ruth 4:10Moreover, Ruth the Moabitess, wife of Mahlon, have I taken over, to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off—from among his brethren, and from the gate of his dwelling- place,—Witnesses, are ye to-day!
2 Samuel 8:1And it came to pass, after this, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them,—and David took the bridle of the metropolis, out of the hand of the Philistines.
Psalms 83:9Make them like Midian, like Sisera, like Jabin, by 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 →