Genesis 19:38

And the younger, she also bore ben, and called shmo Ben-Ammi; the same is the Avi Bnei Ammon unto this day.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 bechirah bore ben, and called shmo Moav; the same is the Avi Moav unto this day.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 2:9And Hashem said unto me, Harass not the Moavim, neither provoke them to milchamah for I will not give thee of their land for a yerushah; because I have given Ar unto the Bnei Lot for a yerushah.

Deuteronomy 23:3A mamzer shall not enter into the Kahal Hashem; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the Kahal Hashem.

1 Samuel 11:1Then Nachash the Ammoni came up, and laid siege to Yavesh Gil'ad; and all the anashim of Yavesh said unto Nachash, Make a brit with us, and we will serve thee.

2 Samuel 10:1And it came to pass after this, that Melech Bnei Ammon died, and Chanun bno reigned in his place.

Nehemiah 13:23In those days also saw I Yehudim that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moav,

Psalms 83:9Assyria also is joined with them; 1 they are the zero'a (strong arm) of the Bnei Lot. 1 Selah 1

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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