Genesis 19:37

37 The older daughter had a son, and she named him Moab^[a] ; he is the father of the Moabites of today.

Genesis 19:37 in Other Translations

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

37 The firstborn bore a son and called his name Moab.He is the father of the Moabites to this day.

37 When the older daughter gave birth to a son, she named him Moab. He became the ancestor of the nation now known as the Moabites.

37 The older daughter had a son and named him Moab, the ancestor of the present-day Moabites.

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

Genesis 19:37 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 19:37

And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab
As if it was "Meab", from the father, as Aben Ezra, and so Josephus, that is, which she had by her father; and she was so far from being ashamed that it might be known in time to come, she gave him this name. Hillerus ^F23 makes it to be a compound of (ba) and (abwm) , and to signify "going into", or "lying with a father", which still more notoriously points to her own action. Drusius has another derivation of the word, at least proposes it, and renders it "aqua patris"; "mo" in the Egyptian language signifying "water", which is sometimes used for seed, see ( Isaiah 48:1 ) : the same [is] the father of the Moabites unto this day;
a people that lived on the borders of the land of Canaan, often troublesome to the Israelites, and frequently spoken of in the Old Testament.

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 Onomastic. Sacr. p. 414.

Genesis 19:37 In-Context

35 So they got their father to drink wine that night also, and the younger daughter went in and slept with him. Again he was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.

36 So both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.

37 The older daughter had a son, and she named him Moab ; he is the father of the Moabites of today.

38 The younger daughter also had a son, and she named him Ben-Ammi ; he is the father of the Ammonites of today.

Cross References

• 1. Genesis 36:35; Exodus 15:15; Numbers 25:1; Isaiah 15:1; Isaiah 25:10; Jeremiah 25:21; Jeremiah 48:1; Ezekiel 25:8; Zephaniah 2:9
• 2. Numbers 22:4; Numbers 24:17; Deuteronomy 2:9; Judges 3:28; Ruth 1:4,22; 1 Samuel 14:47; 1 Samuel 22:3-4; 2 Samuel 8:2; 2 Kings 1:1; 2 Kings 3:4; Ezra 9:1; Psalms 108:9; Jeremiah 48:1

Footnotes

• [a]. "Moab" sounds like the Hebrew for "from father."