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# Moab, Moabite
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## Facts:
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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.
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* In the book of Ruth, Elimelek and his family went to live in Moab because of the famine around Bethlehem.
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* 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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(Translation suggestions: [How to Translate Names](rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names))
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(See also: [Bethlehem](../names/bethlehem.md), [Judea](../names/judea.md), [Lot](../names/lot.md), [Ruth](../names/ruth.md), [Salt Sea](../names/saltsea.md))
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## Bible References:
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* [Genesis 19:37](rc://en/tn/help/gen/19/37)
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* [Genesis 36:34-36](rc://en/tn/help/gen/36/34)
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* [Ruth 1:1-2](rc://en/tn/help/rut/01/01)
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* [Ruth 1:22](rc://en/tn/help/rut/01/22)
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## Word Data:
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* Strong’s: H4124, H4125
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