Genesis 14
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Genesis 14:10-16

10Now the ValleyH6010 of SiddimH7708 was full of tarH2564 pitsH875; and 1the kingsH4428 of SodomH5467 and GomorrahH6017 fledH5127, and they fellH5307 2into them. But those who survivedH7604 fledH5127 to the 3hillH2022 countryH2022. 11Then they tookH3947 allH3605 the possessionsH7399 of SodomH5467 and GomorrahH6017 and allH3605 their foodH400 supplyH400, and departedH1980. 12They also tookH3947 LotH3876, 4Abram’sH87 nephewH1121H251, and his possessionsH7399 and departedH1980, 5for he was livingH3427 in SodomH5467.

13Then 6a survivorH6412 cameH935 and toldH5046 AbramH87 the 7HebrewH5680. Now he was residingH7931 by the 89oaksH436 of MamreH4471 the AmoriteH567, brotherH251 of EshcolH812 and brotherH251 of AnerH6063, and theyH1992 were 1011alliesH1167H1285 with AbramH87. 14When AbramH87 heardH8085 that 12his relativeH251 had been takenH7617 captiveH7617, he 13ledH7385 outH7385 his trainedH2593 menH2593, 14bornH3211 in his houseH1004, numbering 318H7969H3967H8083H6240, and wentH7291 inH7291 pursuitH7291 as farH5704 as 15DanH1835. 15Then 16he dividedH2505 17his forces againstH5921 them by nightH3915, he and his servantsH5650, and 18defeatedH5221 them, and pursuedH7291 them as farH5704 as HobahH2327, whichH834 is 19northH8040 of 20DamascusH1834. 16He 21broughtH7725 backH7725 allH3605 the possessionsH7399, and alsoH1571 broughtH7725 backH7725 22his relativeH251 LotH3876 with his possessionsH7399, and alsoH1571 the womenH802, and the other peopleH5971.

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 14:10 Gen 14:17, 21, 22 ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 14:10 Lit there ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 14:10 Gen 19:17 ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 14:12 Gen 11:27 ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 14:12 Gen 13:12 ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 14:13 Lit the ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 14:13 Gen 40:15; Ex 3:18 ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 14:13 Or terebinths ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 14:13 Gen 13:18; 14:24 ↩
  10. 10. Genesis 14:13 Lit possessors of the covenant ↩
  11. 11. Genesis 14:13 Gen 21:27, 32 ↩
  12. 12. Genesis 14:14 Gen 14:12 ↩
  13. 13. Genesis 14:14 Or mustered ↩
  14. 14. Genesis 14:14 Gen 12:5; 15:3; 17:27; Eccl 2:7 ↩
  15. 15. Genesis 14:14 Deut 34:1; Judg 18:29; 1 Kin 15:20 ↩
  16. 16. Genesis 14:15 Judg 7:16 ↩
  17. 17. Genesis 14:15 Lit himself ↩
  18. 18. Genesis 14:15 Lit struck ↩
  19. 19. Genesis 14:15 Lit on the left ↩
  20. 20. Genesis 14:15 Gen 15:2 ↩
  21. 21. Genesis 14:16 1 Sam 30:8, 18, 19 ↩
  22. 22. Genesis 14:16 Gen 14:12, 14 ↩

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