# He became

"He is"

# the [Moab](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/moab)ites of today

"the [Moab](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/moab) people who are now living"

# of today

The word "today" refers to the time when the author of Genesis was living. The author was born and wrote this many years after [Lot](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/lot)'s family lived and died.