Genesis 19:38

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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.

Literal

And the younger, she also bore a son, and she called his name Ben-ammi; he is the father of the sons of Ammon to this day.

Latin

Minor quoque peperit filium, et vocavit nomen ejus Ammon, id est, Filius populi mei: ipse est pater Ammonitarum usque hodie.

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

Genesis 19:36–38

The daughters' plan worked. They each became pregnant by their father. From these two sons, born from incest, came two of Israel's long-time enemies: the nations of Moab and Ammon. Their extreme wickedness was partly due to their origins.
Both daughters chose descriptive names for their sons. Moab means "from my father" and Ben-ammi means "son of my people." These names subtly hinted at their actions without making people suspicious who were unaware of the stories.

Genesis 19:30–38

The poverty of the cave contrasts with the wealth Lot shared with Abram and the good life he lived in Sodom. Abraham would father a righteous nation (17:1), but Lot and his daughters started a new Sodom.

Genesis 19:1–38

The Canaanites were evil people who tried to corrupt others. God judged their immoral civilization and warned others not to be like them. It was difficult to get Lot and his family out of Sodom. But it was even more difficult to remove Sodom's influence from them.

This chapter helped later Israelites understand the moral and spiritual dangers of the people living in and around the promised land. This included the Canaanites and Lot’s descendants, the Moabites and the Ammonites (see Numbers 22–25; Deuteronomy 23:3–6; Joshua 24:9; Judges 10:7–9; 11:4–5; 1 Samuel 10:27; 1 Kings 11:1–3; 2 Kings 24:2).

Theme notes and profiles

Abraham Lot Moab and Ammon Family, Community, and Sexual Sin Human Sexuality Symbolic Numbers

Related verses

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 descendants of Lot as their possession.”
Deuteronomy 23:3
No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation.
Nehemiah 13:1–3
At 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,
Judges 10:6–11:40
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 they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.
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 wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”
Nehemiah 13:23–28
In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
2 Samuel 10:1–19
Some time later, the king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son Hanun.
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 of Lot as their possession.”
Psalm 83:4–8
…saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
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 will be subject to them.
1 Samuel 11:1–15
Then 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.”

People

Ben-ammi: Son of Lot's younger daughter; father of the Ammonites Lot's younger daughter: Younger daughter of Lot; mother of Ben-ammi

Places

Ammon: An ancient nation and its capital city, enemies of Israel

Glossary

Abraham Ammon, Ammonites Ben-Ammi Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Cities of the Plain Dead Sea Ebla Tablets Ezekiel, Book of Genealogy Genesis, Book of Gomorrah Incest Jude, Letter of Lot Patriarchs, Period of the Peter, Second Letter of Sodom and Gomorrah

Topics

Adultery: Lot Ammonites: Descendants of Ben-Ammi, One of the Sons of Lot Ben-Ammi: Son of Lot Children: Wicked: Lot's Daughters Lasciviousness: Lot's Daughters Lot: The Son of Haran: Commits Incest with his Daughters The Ammonites: Descent of Women: The Daughters of Lot, in Their Incestuous Lust

Genesis 19:38

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