InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Gen C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31 C32 C33 C34 C35 C36 C37 C38 C39 C40 C41 C42 C43 C44 C45 C46 C47 C48 C49 C50
Gen 14 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24
Places tagged in the matching LV passage: Dan (GEN 14:14)
OET-LV And_ ʼAⱱrām _he/it_listened if/because_that his/its_brother he_had_been_taken_captive and_he_drew_out DOM men_of_his_trained those_born_of his_household_of_his eight- teen and_three hundred(s) and_he_pursued to Dān.
OET (OET-RV) When Avram heard that his nephew had been taken captive, he led out his 318 trained men who’d all been born in his house, and he pursued his enemies as far as the town of Dan.
וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע אַבְרָ֔ם
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_listened Avram that/for/because/then/when taken_captive his/its=brother and,he_drew_out DOM men_of,his_trained born_of his_household_of,his eight ten and=three hundreds and,he_pursued until Dān )
Alternate translation: [When Abram found out] or [And when Abram learned]
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
כִּ֥י נִשְׁבָּ֖ה אָחִ֑יו
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_listened Avram that/for/because/then/when taken_captive his/its=brother and,he_drew_out DOM men_of,his_trained born_of his_household_of,his eight ten and=three hundreds and,he_pursued until Dān )
Consider what is the best way to translate this passive clause in your language. Alternate translation: [that the enemy had captured his nephew]
וַיָּ֨רֶק
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_listened Avram that/for/because/then/when taken_captive his/its=brother and,he_drew_out DOM men_of,his_trained born_of his_household_of,his eight ten and=three hundreds and,he_pursued until Dān )
Alternate translation: [he assembled for battle] or [he summoned for battle]
אֶת־חֲנִיכָ֜יו יְלִידֵ֣י בֵית֗וֹ שְׁמֹנָ֤ה עָשָׂר֙ וּשְׁלֹ֣שׁ מֵא֔וֹת
DOM men_of,his_trained born_of his_household_of,his (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_listened Avram that/for/because/then/when taken_captive his/its=brother and,he_drew_out DOM men_of,his_trained born_of his_household_of,his eight ten and=three hundreds and,he_pursued until Dān )
It is clear from verse 15 that these men were Abram’s servants. Alternate translation: [318 of the servants who had been born in his household and were trained warriors] or [318 of his servants born in his household whom he had trained to fight]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
וַיִּרְדֹּ֖ף
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_listened Avram that/for/because/then/when taken_captive his/its=brother and,he_drew_out DOM men_of,his_trained born_of his_household_of,his eight ten and=three hundreds and,he_pursued until Dān )
In this sentence the pronoun he refers to Abram and all those who had united with him as his allies. Alternate translation: [Then he and his men and his allies went after the invaders] or [Then, together with his allies, they all pursued the four kings and their armies]
עַד
until
Alternate translation: [until they caught up with them at]
OET-LV And_ ʼAⱱrām _he/it_listened if/because_that his/its_brother he_had_been_taken_captive and_he_drew_out DOM men_of_his_trained those_born_of his_household_of_his eight- teen and_three hundred(s) and_he_pursued to Dān.
OET (OET-RV) When Avram heard that his nephew had been taken captive, he led out his 318 trained men who’d all been born in his house, and he pursued his enemies as far as the town of Dan.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.