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Genesis 19:38

in Genesis 19

The younger daughter also gave birth to a son, and she named him Ben-ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites of today.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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

KJV

And the younger, she also bare 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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This verse in Genesis 19

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Ben-ammi - בן עמי Ben-ammi, the son of my people. Both these names seem to justify the view taken of this subject above, viz., that it was merely to preserve the family that the daughters of Lot made use of the above expedient; and hence we do not find that they ever attempted to repeat it, which, had it been done for any other purpose, they certainly would not have failed to do. On this subject Origen, in his fifth homily on Genesis, has these remarkable words: Ubi hic libidinis culpa, ubi incesti criminis arguitur?

This site's exposition

gave birth to a son and named him Moab

on Genesis 19:37-38

Moab and Ammon begin here, and both nations fight Israel for centuries. Deuteronomy 23:3 shuts a Moabite or an Ammonite out of the assembly of the LORD to the tenth generation. The two names are read as from the father and as son of his kindred. Ruth the Moabitess comes out of this line into David's.

This site's exposition

she named him Ben-ammi

Adam Clarke renders Ben-ammi as son of one's own people. He takes both names as support for his view that the daughters meant only to keep the family alive, and he notes they never repeated the act. The Ammonites of the narrator's day trace back to this birth.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

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The words behind it

15 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

14 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Deuteronomy 2:19But when you get close to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the Ammonites. I have given it to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”5 works2 Chronicles 26:8The Ammonites brought tribute to Uzziah, and his fame spread as far as the border of Egypt, for he had become exceedingly powerful.3 worksJudges 10:6And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.2 works1 Samuel 11:1–15Soon Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”2 worksIsaiah 11:14They will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines to the west; together they will plunder the sons of the east. They will lay their hands on Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be subject to them.2 worksZephaniah 2:9Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”2 works
The other 8 cross-references, with their words ▾
Nehemiah 13:23–28In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.2 worksDeuteronomy 2:9Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”2 worksDeuteronomy 23:3No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation.2 works2 Samuel 10:1–19Some time later, the king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son Hanun.2 worksNehemiah 13:1–3At that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and in it they found the passage stating that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God,2 worksPsalms 83:4–8saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”2 worksEzekiel 25:2“Son of man, set your face against the Ammonites and prophesy against them.2 worksJeremiah 49:1Concerning the Ammonites, this is what the LORD says: “Has Israel no sons? Is he without heir? Why then has Milcom taken possession of Gad? Why have his people settled in their cities?2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Zephaniah 2:9

    Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual…

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 25:10

      For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain. But Moab will be trampled in his place as straw is trodden into the dung pile.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Isaiah 15:1–9

      This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night!

    • Isaiah 11:14

      They will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines to the west; together they will plunder the sons of the east. They will lay their hands on Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites…

    • Deuteronomy 29:23

      All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the…

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 2:19

    But when you get close to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the Ammonites. I have given it to the…

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 2:9

      Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants…

    • Judges 11:13–27

      The king of the Ammonites answered Jephthah’s messengers, “When Israel came up out of Egypt, they seized my land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok and all the way to the Jordan. Now, therefore,…

  • Through

    Judges 10:6

    And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus…

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 23:13

      The king also desecrated the high places east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh…

  • Through

    Isaiah 11:14

    They will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines to the west; together they will plunder the sons of the east. They will lay their hands on Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites…

    it leads to

    • Joel 3:19

      Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.

Where this verse is studied

About Genesis

Lot Flees as Sodom and Gomorrah Burn — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Lot Flees as Sodom and Gomorrah Burn — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jerome, Hebrew Questions on Genesis; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).

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