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.
Vine of Sodom of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter." (Hebrew: "Kî miggep̄en Səḏōm gap̄nām, ū-miššaḏmōṯ ‘Ǎmōrāh; ‘ănāḇêmōw ‘innəḇê rōwōš, ’aškəlōṯ mərōrōṯ lāmōw.") Among the many conjectures as to this tree, the most probable is that it is the osher ("Calotropis procera") of the Arabs, which grows from Jordan to southern Egypt. The fruit of "Calotropis procera" is therefore called "apples of Sodom", Sodom apple, and Dead Sea apple. Although beautiful to the eye, are bitter to the taste. Another conjecture equates it with the colocynth ("Citrullus colocynthis"). Its fruit are called "apples of Sodom", which, although beautiful