Bible Person

Daughter of Lot - Younger

Female · 7 cross references

This entry refers to Lot's younger daughter, preserved in the closing scene after Sodom's destruction and identified as the mother of Ben-ammi. Her story is bound to fear, isolation, and the morally disordered aftermath of catastrophe. First appears in Gen 19:8.1

AI summary: Lot's younger daughter matters because the cross references place her within one of Genesis' most troubling post-judgment episodes. After escape into the hills, she participates in the plan that leads to the birth of Ben-ammi, ancestor of the Ammonites. The text does not present the event as exemplary but as part of the fractured, compromised world that remains after Sodom's destruction. Taken together, the material presents the younger daughter of Lot as a tragic figure whose actions shape the origin story of a neighboring people.1

Central Figure

Daughter of Lot - Younger