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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- The Destruction of Sodom and Amorah 9. גשׁ־<הלאה gesh-hāl'âh, “approach to a distant point,” stand back. 11. סנורים sanevērı̂ym, “blindness,” affecting the mental more than the ocular vision. 37.…
Adam Clarke
Called his name Moab - This name is generally interpreted of the father, or, according to Calmet, מואב Moab, the waters of the father.
Here is, I. The great trouble and distress that Lot was brought into after his deliverance, Gen 19:30. 1. He was frightened out of Zoar, durst not dwell there; probably because he was conscious to…
Cambridge Bible
Moab A play on the word "Moab," on account of its general assonance with the Heb. mê-âb= "from a father"; an instance of derivation by folk-etymology.
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