And the firstborn bore a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Elder. She first proposes: she is not ashamed to call her child Moab, "from father. "The younger is rather more modest, and calls her son Ammon, "my people "not born of the Sodomites. Many reasons might be alleged to extenuate, or even to excuse the conduct of Lot and his daughters, as many of the fathers have done. But the Scripture barely leaves it upon record, without either commendation or blame. (Haydock)
