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The Origin of Ammon
Commentators explain that the name Ben-Ammi means "son of my people," a direct and lasting reference to the son's incestuous origin from his own father. This verse establishes the ancestry of the Ammonites, a nation that would become a frequent adversary to Israel throughout the Old Testament.
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Albert Barnes
On Genesis 19:1–38
18th Century
Theologian
גשׁ־ < הלאה (gesh - hāl'âh), meaning “approach to a distant point,” or “stand back.”
סנורים (san'evērı̂ym
Charles Ellicott
On Genesis 19:37–38
19th Century
Bishop
Moab ... Ben-ammi. — Both these names suggest an incestuous origin, but the latter in a less repulsive way. “Son of my people” mea…
John Gill
On Genesis 19:38
17th Century
Pastor
And the younger, she also bore a son, and called his name
Benammi
That is, "the son o…
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Matthew Henry
On Genesis 19:30–38
17th Century
Minister
See the peril of security. Lot, who kept chaste in Sodom, and was a mourner for the wickedness of the place, and a witness against it, when in the …