Genèse 19:37

37 L'aînée enfanta un fils, qu'elle appela du nom de Moab: c'est le père des Moabites, jusqu'à ce jour.

Genèse 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.

Genèse 19:37 In-Context

35 Elles firent boire du vin à leur père encore cette nuit-là; et la cadette alla coucher avec lui: il ne s'aperçut ni quand elle se coucha, ni quand elle se leva.

36 Les deux filles de Lot devinrent enceintes de leur père.

37 L'aînée enfanta un fils, qu'elle appela du nom de Moab: c'est le père des Moabites, jusqu'à ce jour.

38 La plus jeune enfanta aussi un fils, qu'elle appela du nom de Ben-Ammi: c'est le père des Ammonites, jusqu'à ce jour.