Genesis 19:38
And the younger, she also bore a son, and called his name Ben-ammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
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Deuteronomy 2:9And the Lord said unto me, Do not attack the Moabites, nor contend with them in battle; for I will not give thee from their land any inheritance, because unto the children of Lot have I given 'Ar for an inheritance.
Deuteronomy 23:3(23:4) An 'Ammonite and a Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even the tenth generation of him shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord, for ever;
1 Samuel 11:1Then came up Nachash the 'Ammonite, and encamped against Yabesh-gil'ad: and all the men of Yabesh said unto Nachash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.
2 Samuel 10:1And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of 'Ammon died, and Chanun his son reigned in his stead.
Nehemiah 13:23In those days also I saw certain Jews that had brought home wives of Ashdod, of 'Ammon, and of Moab:
Psalms 83:9(83:10) Do unto them as [unto] Midian; as to Sissera, as to Jabin, at the brook Kishon:
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 →