Moab son of Lot

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Moab son of Lot is a biblical figure described in the Book of Genesis as the progenitor of the Moabite people, traditionally associated with the region east of the Dead Sea.

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Label Occurrences
Moab (son of Lot) 1
Moab son of Lot canonical 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical figure
eponymous ancestor
person in the Hebrew Bible
ancestorOf king of Moab
surface form: King Balak of Moab
appearsIn genealogical lists of nations in biblical tradition
associatedWithPeople Moabites
surface form: Moabite nation
associatedWithRegion land of Moab
region east of the Dead Sea
birthContext after destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
conceivedIn incestuous union of Lot and his elder daughter
culturalCategory founder figure in ancient Near Eastern ethnogenesis narratives
describedIn Book of Genesis
Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Tanakh
surface form: Old Testament
ethnicProgenitorOf Moabites
surface form: Moabite people
father Lot
gender male
givenName Moab
hasCanonicalStatus canonical figure in Jewish and Christian Bibles
hasDescendantsRegion Transjordanian highlands
surface form: Transjordan plateau

east of the Dead Sea
east of the Jordan River
hasEthnicRole forefather of a rival but related people to Israel
hasLanguageOfName Hebrew
hasLineageType Lotite lineage
hasNameEtymology Hebrew root meaning "from father" or "of his father"
hasNameMeaningTradition "from my father" (traditional Jewish exegesis)
hasPatrilinealDescentFrom Terah (through Lot and Abraham’s family line)
hasSibling Ben-Ammi
mentionedInChapter Genesis 19
moralEvaluationInText origin story presented as shameful or problematic in many interpretations
mother Lot’s elder daughter
narrativeFunction explains origin of Moabites in relation to Israel
progenitorOf Moabites
relatedAs half-brother of Ben-Ammi
relatedTo Abram
surface form: Abraham (as great-nephew through Lot)
religiousTradition Christianity
Islamic tradition (as a figure from earlier scripture)
Judaism
roleInTradition ancestor of a neighboring nation to Israel
scripturalStatus non-Israelite ancestor figure

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

land of Moab ancestralFigure Moab son of Lot
Moab biblicalAncestor Moab son of Lot
this entity surface form: Moab (son of Lot)