The younger also bore a son, and called his name Ben-ammi. The same is the father of the children of Ammon to this day.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

גשׁ־ < הלאה (gesh - hāl'âh), meaning “approach to a distant point,” or “stand back.”

סנורים (san'evērı̂ym

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

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

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And the younger, she also bore a son, and called his name
Benammi
That is, "the son o…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

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 …

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