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Moab, Moabite

Facts:

The term “Moab” refers to a people group that lived to the east of the Salt Sea. The book of Genesis describes this people group as the descendents of a man named “Moab,” who was the son of Lot’s elder daughter.

• In the book of Ruth, Elimelek and his family went to live in Moab because of the famine around Bethlehem.
• Ruth is called a “Moabite woman” because she was born in the country of Moab and was from that people group.

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(See also: Bethlehem, Judea, Lot, Ruth, Salt Sea)

Bible References:

• Genesis 19:37
• Genesis 36:34-36
• Ruth 1:1-2
• Ruth 1:22

Word Data:

• Strong’s: H4124, H4125