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And the first-born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

גשׁ־ < הלאה (gesh - hāl'âh), meaning “approach to a distant point,” or “stand back.”

סנורים (san'evērı̂ym

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Moab ... Ben-ammi. — Both these names suggest an incestuous origin, but the latter in a less repulsive way. “Son of my people” mea…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

And the firstborn bore. This was a terrible blindness: the daughters of Lot, shaking off all feeling of shame, raised up a memorial of the…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And the firstborn bore a son, and called his name Moab
As if it was "Meab", from the father, as Aben Ezra, and so Jo…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

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 …

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