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Genesis 19:38

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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.

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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.
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Ammon was the territory east of the Jordan Valley associated with the descendants of Ben-ammi, Lot’s younger daughter’s son; Genesis 19:38 explains the origin of the Ammonites. The Jordan Valley, where Lot had settled near Sodom, frames the setting from which these later neighboring peoples emerged.

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Genesis 19:38 mentions Ammon and Jordan Valley.

Ammon · Berthold Werner
Jordan Valley · Bukvoed

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