Genesis 19:37
in Genesis 19The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of today.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the first-born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
KJV
And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
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This verse in Genesis 19
Commentary
4 notes on this verseBut I know that some, so far as the story pertains to a spiritual interpretation, have referred Lot to the person of the Lord and his daughters to the two Testaments. But I do not know if anyone freely accepts these views who knows what the Scripture says about the Ammonites and Moabites who descend from Lot's race.
This site's exposition
gave birth to a son and named him Moab
on Genesis 19:37-38
Moab and Ammon begin here, and both nations fight Israel for centuries. Deuteronomy 23:3 shuts a Moabite or an Ammonite out of the assembly of the LORD to the tenth generation. The two names are read as from the father and as son of his kindred.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
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 (w) makes it to be a compound of אב and מובא, and to signify "going into", or "lying with a father", which still more notoriously points to her own action.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Called his name Moab - This name is generally interpreted of the father, or, according to Calmet, מואב Moab, the waters of the father.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַתֵּ֤לֶד | vateled | and she bore | H3205 → | 496 times |
| הַבְּכִירָה֙ | habekhirah | the firstborn | H1067 → | 6 times |
| בֵּ֔ן | ben | a son | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| וַתִּקְרָ֥א | vatikra' | and she called | H7121 → | 733 times |
| שְׁמ֖וֹ | shemo | name his | H8034 → | 864 times |
| מוֹאָ֑ב | moav | Moab | H4124 → | 181 times |
| ה֥וּא | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| אֲבִֽי־ | ʾavi- | [is] [the] ancestor of | H1 → | 1212 times |
| מוֹאָ֖ב | moav | Moab | H4124 → | 181 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| הַיּֽוֹם׃ | haiyom | this day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
וַתֵּ֤לֶדand she bore
vateledH3205 →496 times
הַבְּכִירָה֙the firstborn
habekhirahH1067 →6 times
בֵּ֔ןa son
benH1121 →4930 times
וַתִּקְרָ֥אand she called
vatikra'H7121 →733 times
שְׁמ֖וֹname his
shemoH8034 →864 times
מוֹאָ֑בMoab
moavH4124 →181 times
ה֥וּאhe
hu'H1931 →1879 times
אֲבִֽי־[is] [the] ancestor of
ʾavi-H1 →1212 times
מוֹאָ֖בMoab
moavH4124 →181 times
עַד־until
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
הַיּֽוֹם׃this day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 23:3No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation.
it leads to
- Nehemiah 13:1–2
At that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and in it they found the passage stating that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly…
- Nehemiah 13:1–2
Through
Deuteronomy 2:9Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants…
it leads to
- Genesis 19:36–37
Thus both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.
- Numbers 21:15
even the slopes of the wadis that extend to the site of Ar and lie along the border of Moab.”
- Numbers 21:28
For a fire went out from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the rulers of Arnon’s heights.
- Numbers 22:4
So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, “This horde will devour everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” Since Balak son of Zippor was king of…
- Deuteronomy 2:5
Do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a footprint, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as his possession.
- Genesis 19:36–37
Through
Ruth 4:10Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased through his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his brothers…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 25:6
The first son she bears will carry on the name of the dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.
- Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
- Deuteronomy 25:6
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jerome, Hebrew Questions on Genesis; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON GENESIS 5.5.