daughter1_of_Lot
Elder daughter of Lot; mother of Moab
Who is daughter1_of_Lot in the Bible?
Lot's unnamed elder daughter is known primarily through Genesis 19:37, where she is identified as the mother of Moab. Following the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, she and her younger sister believed themselves to be the sole survivors with no eligible men to father children. Acting on this conviction, she devised a plan to become pregnant by her own father, getting Lot drunk and lying with him to conceive Moab. Her son became the ancestor of the Moabite people, one of Israel's neighboring nations mentioned throughout the Old Testament. Though the Bible provides no further biographical details about her, this unnamed daughter's actions represent the moral crisis and desperation that characterized the post-Sodom period described in Genesis 19:30-38.
Biography
Gen.19.30-38 recounts the story of Lot's two unnamed daughters after the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. The elder daughter, believing that they were the only survivors and that there were no men to father their children, devised a plan to sleep with their father. She got Lot drunk and lay with him, conceiving a son named Moab. Moab became the ancestor of the Moabite people. The Bible does not provide further details about the elder daughter's life or character, but her actions reflect the desperation and moral decay of the time.
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In Scripture
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- Genesis 19:37
"The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of today."
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Names & Aliases
| Form | Language | Script | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mentioned | Hebrew | Lot , Abraham's nephew |