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BrLXXΚαὶ ἔτεκεν ἡ πρεσβυτέρα υἱὸν, καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Μωὰβ, λέγουσα, ἐκ τοῦ πατρός μου· οὗτος πατὴρ Μωαβιτῶν ἕως τῆς σήμερον ἡμέρας. (Kai eteken haʸ presbutera huion, kai ekalese to onoma autou Mōab, legousa, ek tou patros mou; houtos pataʸr Mōabitōn heōs taʸs saʸmeron haʸmeras. )
BrTrAnd the elder bore a son, and called his name Moab, saying, He is of my father. This is the father of the Moabites to this present day.
ULTThen the firstborn bore a son, and she called his name Moab. He is the father of the Moabites to this day.
USTLater his older daughter gave birth to a son, and she named him Moab, which means “from my father.” He became the ancestor of the Moabite people who are still living today.
BSBThe older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab.[fn] He is the father of the Moabites of today.
19:37Moab sounds like the Hebrew for from my father.
OEBThen Lot went up from Zoar with his two daughters and lived in a cave on the heights, for he was afraid to stay in Zoar. His oldest daughter bore a son, and named him Moab. He is the father of the present Moabites.
WEBBEThe firstborn bore a son, and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites to this day.
JPSAnd the first-born bore a son, and called his name Moab — the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
ASVAnd the first-born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
DRAAnd the elder bore a son, and she called his name Moab: he is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
YLTand the first-born beareth a son, and calleth his name Moab; he [is] father of Moab unto this day;
DrbyAnd the first-born bore a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites to this day.
RVAnd the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
WbstrAnd the first-born bore a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites to this day.
KJB-1769And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
KJB-1611And the first borne bare a sonne, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites vnto this day. (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)
BshpsAnd the elder bare a sonne, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites vnto this day. (And the elder bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.)
GnvaAnd the elder bare a sonne, and she called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites vnto this day. (And the elder bare a son, and she called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. )
CvdlAnd the elder bare a sonne, and called him Moab, of whom come ye Moabytes vnto this daye. (And the elder bare a son, and called him Moab, of whom come ye/you_all Moabytes unto this day.)
WyclAnd the more douytre childide a sone, and clepide his name Moab; he is the fadir of men of Moab `til in to present dai. (And the more douytre childide a son, and called his name Moab; he is the father of men of Moab `til in to present day.)
LuthUnd die älteste gebar einen Sohn, den hieß sie Moab. Von dem kommen her die Moabiter bis auf diesen heutigen Tag. (And the älteste gebar a son, the was_called they/she/them Moab. Von to_him coming her the Moabiter until on this heutigen day.)
ClVgPeperitque major filium, et vocavit nomen ejus Moab: ipse est pater Moabitarum usque in præsentem diem.[fn] (Peperitque mayor filium, and he_called nomen his Moab: exactly_that/himself it_is father Moabitarum until in præsentem diem. )
19.37Vocavit nomen ejus Moab, etc. THEOD. Videtur hæc impudentior, quæ suum incestum ad posteros quoque transmittere voluit. Moab enim de patre significat: altera verecundior, quæ filio nomen indidit, Benammi, id est filius populi mei.
19.37Vocavit nomen his Moab, etc. THEOD. Videtur these_things impudentior, which his_own incestum to posteros too transmittere voluit. Moab because de patre significat: altera verecundior, which filio nomen indidit, Benammi, id it_is filius of_the_people my/mine.
19:1-38 The Canaanites were an evil, corrupting people. God judged their morally bankrupt civilization and warned others against becoming like them. It was difficult to get Lot and his family out of Sodom; it was more difficult to get Sodom out of Lot and his family. This chapter helped later Israelites to understand the moral and spiritual threat of the peoples living in and around the Promised Land, such as the Canaanites and Lot’s descendants, the Moabites and the Ammonites (see Num 22–25; Deut 23:3-6; Josh 24:9; Judg 10:7-9; 11:4-5; 1 Sam 10:27; 1 Kgs 11:1-3; 2 Kgs 24:2).
Make sure that the way you translate “Later” fits with the fact that several months have gone by. Alternate translation: “Later the oldest daughter gave birth to a son,” or “… had a son,”
וַתִּקְרָ֥א שְׁמ֖וֹ
and=she/it_called/named his/its=name
See how you translated called his name in Gen 5:29. Alternate translation: “and she called him” or “whom she named”
You can include the meaning of this name in your translation text or in a footnote. Some translations put this implied information in parentheses. Do what is best in your language.
ה֥וּא אֲבִֽי
he/it father_of
Alternate translation: “He was the ancestor of”
מוֹאָ֖ב עַד הַיּֽוֹם
Mōʼāⱱites until the=day
The phrase, to this day or “today” refers to the time when Moses wrote the book of Genesis, which was hundreds of years after Lot and his daughters lived and died. Alternate translation: “the people group who are called the Moabites today.”
Author’s note: This article assumes that Sodom, Gomorrah, and Bela (Zoar) were located at Bab edh-Dhra, Numeira, and Khirbat ash-Sheikh `Isa, respectively. The exact locations of the cities of the plain are widely debated, with the primary dispute centering around whether the cities are to be found in the northern area of the Dead Sea (since Lot headed east from Bethel [Genesis 13]) or the southern area (as the Medeba Map shows). It is beyond the scope of this article to present all the evidence to support a southern location, but many of them are well summarized here: “The Discovery of the Sin Cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.” In addition, Eusebius in his Onomasticon describes the Dead Sea as lying between Jericho and Zoar. This author has also recently found that Eusebius notes that Nebereim (Nimrim; see Isaiah 15:6 and Jeremiah 48:34) is located at a village called Bennamareim (likely the site of Gomorrah on this map), which he also says is north of Zoar. Thus, if Eusebius is correct, Zoar is clearly located in the southern area of the Dead Sea, which fits very well with the location shown on this map. Also, Lot’s relocation to Sodom after moving east to the plain of the Jordan suggests that Sodom was located on the east side of the Dead Sea.
The famous cities of Sodom and Gomorrah are first mentioned in Genesis 10:19 in a description of the territory of the Canaanites. The cities are mentioned again in chapter 13, which notes that while Abraham (then called Abram) was living near Bethel (also called Luz), tension began to grow between Abraham’s herders and the herders working for Abraham’s nephew Lot. To resolve the problem, Abraham suggested that he and Lot permanently part ways, and he offered Lot first choice of where to live. Lot chose to move east to the plain of the Jordan, because the land was well watered, and he eventually settled in the city of Sodom. Genesis 14 then describes how Lot was captured by four Mesopotamian kings as they attacked the cities of the plain, but Abraham rescued Lot. Sometime after this Abraham moved to the oaks of Mamre, near Hebron, and three visitors (one of whom is later called “the Lord,” and the other two “angels”) approached his tent. Abraham invited them to share a meal with him and then later accompanied them for the first part of their journey. Along the way the visitors revealed to Abraham that they were going to Sodom to destroy it for its wickedness. Abraham appealed to the Lord to spare the city if even a few righteous lived there, and the Lord agreed and went his way. The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening (Genesis 19:1), presumably the same day they left, although perhaps they actually took more than one day to travel to Sodom, because the distance from Mamre to Sodom is over 35 miles (56 km), and Scripture does not specifically note that it was the same day. The events that followed that evening are well known, and in the morning the angels compelled Lot and his family to flee the city before it was destroyed. The angels instructed them to flee to the hills, but Lot convinced them to allow him to take refuge in a small village on the plain and not destroy it. Genesis 19:23 seems to suggest that it took Lot’s family a full day and night to reach Zoar, which fits well with the 16 mile (25 km) distance from Sodom to Zoar. As they were reaching Zoar, the Lord rained down fire and burning sulfur on Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, completely destroying them. As Lot’s family was still fleeing, Lot’s wife looked back and turned into a pillar of salt. That same morning Abraham got up and went to where he had last spoken with the visitors, and when he looked out across the plain he saw columns of smoke rising from the destroyed cities. Later Lot and his daughters moved into the hills and lived in a cave, because they were afraid to remain in Zoar. Fearing they would never marry, Lot’s daughters both got their father drunk and conceived children by him, though he was unaware of it. These children became ancestors of the Moabites and the Ammonites.
