Genesis 19:38

And the younger had a son and gave him the name Ben-ammi: from him come the children of Ammon to this day.

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In The King James Version

And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.

In Context

37And the older daughter had a son, and she gave him the name Moab: he is the father of the Moabites to this day.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 2:9And the Lord said to me, Make no attack on Moab and do not go to war with them, for I will not give you any of his land: because I have given Ar to the children of Lot for their heritage.

Deuteronomy 23:3No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their people to the tenth generation may come into the meeting of the Lord's people:

1 Samuel 11:1Then about a month after this, Nahash the Ammonite came up and put his forces in position for attacking Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, Make an agreement with us and we will be your servants.

2 Samuel 10:1Now after this, death came to the king of the children of Ammon, and Hanun, his son, became king in his place.

Nehemiah 13:23And in those days I saw the Jews who were married to women of Ashdod and Ammon and Moab:

Psalms 83:9\83:8\Assur is joined with them; they have become the support of the children of Lot. (Selah.)

Matthew Henry on Genesis 19:31-38

Lot's Disgrace. ( b. c. 1898.) 30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. 31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth: 32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. 33 And they made their father drink wine that… Read the whole commentary →

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