Genesis 19:37
And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
Genesis 19:37 in other translations
| BSB | The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of today. |
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| WEB | The firstborn bore a son, and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites to this day. |
| ASV | And the first-born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. |
| YLT | and the first-born beareth a son, and calleth his name Moab; he is father of Moab unto this day; |
| DARBY | And the first-born bore a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites to this day. |
| BBE | And the older daughter had a son, and she gave him the name Moab: he is the father of the Moabites to this day. |
| Webster | And the first-born bore a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites to this day. |
What does Genesis 19:37 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 19:30-38
See the peril of security. Lot, who kept chaste in Sodom, and was a mourner for the wickedness of the place, and a witness against it, when in the mountain, alone, and, as he thought, out of the way of temptation, is shamefully overtaken. Let him that thinks he stands high, and stands firm, take heed lest he fall. See the peril of drunkenness; it is not only a great sin itself, but lets in many sins, which bring a…
Genesis 19:37 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 19:37
- Deuteronomy 2:9
And the Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.
- Numbers 22:1-41
And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho. And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel. And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time. …
- Judges 3:1-31
Now these are the nations which the Lord left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan; Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof; Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal–hermon unto the entering in of Hamath. And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the Lord, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses. …
- Deuteronomy 23:3
An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the Lord for ever:
- Ruth 4:10
Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased 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 place: ye are witnesses this day.
- 2 Samuel 8:1-18
And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Metheg–ammah out of the hand of the Philistines. And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought gifts. David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates. And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots. …
- Deuteronomy 2:19
And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.
- 2 Kings 3:1-27
Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years. And he wrought evil in the sight of the Lord; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made. Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom. And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool. …
- Numbers 21:29
Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.
- Numbers 24:1-25
And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness. And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him. And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: …
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Moabites.
Nu 21:29; 22:1-41; 24:1-25; De 2:9,19; 23:3; Jud 3:1-31; Ru 4:10
2Sa 8:1-18; 2Ki 3:1-27
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Context
- Genesis 19:36
Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
- Genesis 19:37
And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
- Genesis 19:38
And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Ben–ammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
Genesis 19:37 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y parió la mayor un hijo, y llamó su nombre Moab, el cual es padre de los Moabitas hasta hoy. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et l’aînée enfanta un fils, et appela son nom Moab: lui, est le père de Moab, jusqu’à ce jour. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Erstgeborene gebar einen Sohn, und sie gab ihm den Namen Moab; dieser ist der Vater der Moabiter bis auf diesen Tag. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Peperitque major filium, et vocavit nomen ejus Moab: ipse est pater Moabitarum usque in præsentem diem. |