Thus both the daughters of Lot were with child by their father. The firstborn bore a son and called his name Moab; he is the father of the Moabites to this day. And the younger, she also bore a son and called his name Ben-Ammi; he is the father of the people of Ammon to this day.
Genesis 19:36-38 (NKJV)
Lot’s daughters get him blackout drunk and then sleep with him to get pregnant.
The generations born from this are the Moabites and the Ammonites.
For some reason, they are connected thematically to giants.
In Deuteronomy, Moses tells Israel not to war against the sons of Moab and Ammon, and that the land remains the possession of the sons of Lot.
With both sons, there is a note about the Rephaim. Giants.
The Moabites call them Emim. The Ammonites call them Zamzummin.
Then the Lord said to me, ‘Do not attack Moab, nor provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land as a possession, because I have given Ar to the sons of Lot as a possession.’ (The Emim lived there previously, a people as great, numerous, and tall as the Anakim. Like the Anakim, they too are regarded as Rephaim, but the Moabites call them Emim.)
Deuteronomy 2:9-11 (NASB)When you come opposite the sons of Ammon, do not attack them nor provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the sons of Ammon as a possession, because I have given it to the sons of Lot as a possession.’ (It is also regarded as the land of the Rephaim, because the Rephaim previously lived in it, but the Ammonites call them Zamzummin, a people as great, numerous, and tall as the Anakim; but the Lord destroyed them before [a]them. And they dispossessed them and settled in their place)
Deuteronomy 2:19-21 (NASB)
The possession of the sons of Lot is the land where giants lived before God drove them out.
Perhaps this is a statement about God removing a powerful curse – a great shame that followed the family due to their origin, because of Lot and his daughters.
God is a slayer of giants.
Later, we’ll read that a certain Moabite woman named Ruth marries Boaz, father of Obed, father of Jesse, father of David.
And a certain Ammonite woman named Naamah marries Solomon, father of Rehoboam, first king of Judah when the monarchy was split.
Both sons of Lot are in the Divine Lineage.