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.
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- The Destruction of Sodom and Amorah 9. גשׁ־<הלאה gesh-hāl'âh, “approach to a distant point,” stand back. 11. סנורים sanevērı̂ym, “blindness,” affecting the mental more than the ocular vision. 37.…
Adam Clarke
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…
Here is, I. The great trouble and distress that Lot was brought into after his deliverance, Gen 19:30. 1. He was frightened out of Zoar, durst not dwell there; probably because he was conscious to…
Cambridge Bible
Ben-ammi "The son of my people"; or "the son of my father's kin"; see Gen 17:14. "Unto this day," cf. Gen 26:33; Gen 32:32; Gen 35:20; Gen 47:26 (J).
There is no need for us to regard this repulsive…
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