Genesis 19:36-38

36 So both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.
37 The older daughter had a son, and she named him Moab[a] ; he is the father of the Moabites of today.
38 The younger daughter also had a son, and she named him Ben-Ammi[b] ; he is the father of the Ammonites[c] of today.

Genesis 19:36-38 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 19

The contents of this chapter are Lot's entertainment of two angels that came to Sodom, Ge 19:1-3; the rude behaviour of the men of Sodom towards them, who for it were smote with blindness, Ge 19:4-11; the deliverance of Lot, his wife and two daughters, by means of the angels he entertained, Ge 19:12-17; the sparing of the city of Zoar at the entreaty of Lot, to which he was allowed to flee, Ge 19:18-22; the burning of Sodom and Gomorrah, Ge 19:23-25; Lot's wife turned into a pillar of salt for looking back, Ge 19:26; Abraham's view of the conflagration of the cities, Ge 19:28,29; Lot's betaking himself to a mountain, and dwelling in a cave with his two daughters, by whom he had two sons, the one called Moab, and the other Benammi, Ge 19:30-38.

Cross References 4

  • 1. S ver 32
  • 2. 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
  • 3. 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
  • 4. Numbers 21:24; Deuteronomy 2:19; Deuteronomy 23:3; Joshua 12:2; Judges 3:13; Judges 10:6,7; 1 Samuel 11:1-11; 1 Samuel 14:47; 1 Chronicles 19:1; 2 Chronicles 20:23; 2 Chronicles 26:8; 2 Chronicles 27:5; Nehemiah 2:19; Nehemiah 4:3; Ezekiel 25:21">Jer Ezekiel 25:21; Jeremiah 40:14; Jeremiah 49:1; Ezekiel 21:28; Ezekiel 25:2; Amos 1:13

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. "Moab" sounds like the Hebrew for "from father."
  • [b]. "Ben-Ammi" means "son of my father’s people."
  • [c]. Hebrew "Bene-Ammon"
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