Transjordan in the Bible have the wrong ethnicity, but are "within the boundary of the 'pure' geographical location." According to Genesis, (), Ammon and Moab were born to Lot and Lot's younger and elder daughters, respectively, in the aftermath of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. The Bible refers to both the Ammonites and Moabites as the "children of Lot". Throughout the Bible, the Ammonites and Israelites are portrayed as mutual antagonists. During the Exodus, the Israelites were prohibited by the Ammonites from passing through their lands (). In the Book of Judges, the Ammonites work with Eglon, king of the Moabites against Israel.
The Book of Mormon and the King James Bible portions of the Greek manuscripts of Matthew 5–7 do not agree with the KJV of the text, and concludes that the Book of Mormon version of the sermon should not contain text similar to the KJV. The KJV of 1769 contains translation variations which also occur in the Book of Mormon. A few examples are , , and . The Book of Mormon references "dragons" and "satyrs" in , matching the KJV of the Bible. Some examples of homophones found in the English Book of Mormon are the words "strait" and "straight", and the words "sun" and "son". A few