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Genesis 19:34

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It came to pass on the next day, that the firstborn said to the younger, "Behold, I lay last night with my father. Let us make him drink wine again, tonight. You go in, and lie with him, that we may preserve our father's seed."

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The Ancient Near East (Fertile Crescent)The ancient Near East and Fertile Crescent, from Mesopotamia to Egypt, the world of the patriarchs.
The Journeys of Abraham and the PatriarchsThe journeys of Abraham and the patriarchs from Ur through Canaan and into Egypt.

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The Jordan Valley was the fertile region where Sodom and Gomorrah had stood, and its destruction forms the immediate setting for Lot and his daughters’ isolation. Ammon, east of the Jordan, was later associated with the descendants of Lot’s younger daughter, whose conception is described in this episode.

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Genesis 19:34 mentions Ammon and Jordan Valley.

Ammon · Berthold Werner
Jordan Valley · Bukvoed

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