Bible Person

Ben-ammi

Meaning: son of my people · Male · 1 cross reference

Ben-ammi is the son born to Lot by his younger daughter and the ancestor of the Ammonites. He belongs to the difficult family aftermath of Sodom's destruction. First appears in Gen 19:38.1

AI summary: Ben-ammi matters because his single cross reference explains the origin of a people who later play a recurring role in Israel's history. The entry preserves both the painful circumstances of his birth and the long historical consequence of that lineage. Taken together, the material presents Ben-ammi as the ancestral source of the Ammonites.1

Central Figure

Ben-ammi

Meaning: son of my people

Son of my kindred; i.e., “born of incest”, the son of Lot by his youngest daughter (Gen.