Genesis 14:4

Genesis 14:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
• New International Version (NIV)For twelve years they had been subject to Kedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Twelve years they had served Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

Context of Genesis 14:4

2they [invaded the Jordan Valley near the Dead Sea, and] made war with Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar). 3All of these [kings] joined together [as allies] in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Sea of Salt). Twelve years they had served Chedorlaomer [the most powerful king in the invading confederacy], but in the thirteenth year they rebelled. 5In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the [three] kings who were with him attacked and subdued the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim, 6and the Horites in their mountainous country of Seir, as far as El-paran, which is on the border of the wilderness.

Genesis 14:4 word by word

שְׁתֵּ֤ים עֶשְׂרֵה֙ שָׁנָ֔ה עָבְד֖וּ אֶת־כְּדָרְלָעֹ֑מֶר וּשְׁלֹשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה שָׁנָ֖ה מָרָֽדוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Twelveשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• Twelveעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
• yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• they servedאֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• they servedעָבַד‛âbad · to serveH5647
• Chedorlaomerכְּדׇרְלָעֹמֶרkedorlâ‛ômer · ChedorlaomerH3540
• and in the thirteenthשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• they rebelledמָרַדmârad · to rebelH4775

Cross-references for Genesis 14:4

• Genesis 9:25So he said, “Cursed be Canaan [the son of Ham]; A servant of servants He shall be to his brothers.”
• Ezekiel 17:15But Zedekiah rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar by sending his ambassadors to Egypt so that they might give him horses and many troops. Will he succeed? Will he who does such things escape? Can he indeed break the covenant [with Babylon] and [still] escape?

Commentaries on Genesis 14:4

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-24Verses 1-24 - Abram Rescues Lot 1. אמרפל 'amrāpel Amraphel; related: unknown. אלריוך 'aryôk Ariok, “leonine?” related: ארי 'arı̂y “a lion:” a name re-appearing in the time of Daniel Daniel 2:14. אלסר 'elāsār Ellasar (related: unknown) is identified with Larsa or Larancha, the ́ Larissa or ́ Larachōn of the Greeks, now Senkereh, a town of lower Babylonia, between Mugheir (Ur) and Warka (Erek) on the left bank of the Frat. כדרלעמר kedārlā‛omer…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4King Chedorlaomer seems to have defeated the kings of the Siddim Valley earlier and made them pay tribute in asphalt, olive oil, and copper. In the thirteenth year, they stopped paying. In the fourteenth year (14:5), the invading kings returned to bring them under their rule again.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-241. And it came to pass--This chapter presents Abram in the unexpected character of a warrior. The occasion was this: The king of Sodom and the kings of the adjoining cities, after having been tributaries for twelve years to the king of Elam, combined to throw off his yoke. To chastise their rebellion, as he deemed it, Chedorlaomer, with the aid of three allies, invaded the territories of the refractory princes, defeated them in a pitched battle where the…Read the comment

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• Birsha
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• Lot
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Commentaries on Genesis 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings