# 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.


(Translation suggestions: [How to Translate Names](rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names))

(See also: [Bethlehem](../names/bethlehem.md), [Judea](../names/judea.md), [Lot](../names/lot.md), [Ruth](../names/ruth.md), [Salt Sea](../names/saltsea.md))

## Bible References:

* [Genesis 19:37](rc://en/tn/help/gen/19/37)
* [Genesis 36:34-36](rc://en/tn/help/gen/36/34)
* [Ruth 01:1-2](rc://en/tn/help/rut/01/01)
* [Ruth 01:22](rc://en/tn/help/rut/01/22)

## Word Data:

* Strong’s: H4124, H4125