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OET (OET-RV) Then the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give my people back to me, but keep the possessions for yourself.”
OET-LV And_he/it_said the_king of_Şədom to Abram give to_me the_living_creatures and_the_goods take to/for_you(fs).
UHB וַיֹּ֥אמֶר מֶֽלֶךְ־סְדֹ֖ם אֶל־אַבְרָ֑ם תֶּן־לִ֣י הַנֶּ֔פֶשׁ וְהָרְכֻ֖שׁ קַֽח־לָֽךְ׃ ‡
(vayyoʼmer melek-şədom ʼel-ʼaⱱrām ten-liy hannefesh vəhārəkush qaḩ-lāk.)
Key: yellow:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT Then the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give to me the people, but the possessions take for yourself.”
UST After that, the king over the city of Sodom said to Abram, “Please return to me the people whom you rescued, but keep for yourself their belongings that you recovered.”
BSB § The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people, but take the goods for yourself.”
OEB The king of Sodom said to Abram, ‘Give me my people, and take the goods for yourself.’
WEB The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people, and take the goods for yourself.”
NET Then the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people and take the possessions for yourself.”
LSV And the king of Sodom says to Abram, “Give to me the persons, and take the substance to yourself,”
FBV The king of Sodom told Abram, “Let me have the people back, and you can keep everything else for yourself.”
T4T The king of Sodom said to Abram, “You can keep all the goods you recovered. Just let me take back the people from my city whom you rescued.”
LEB And the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people, but the possessions take for yourself.”
BBE And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the prisoners and take the goods for yourself.
MOF No MOF GEN book available
JPS And the king of Sodom said unto Abram: 'Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.'
ASV And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
DRA And the king of Sodom said to Abram: Give me the persons, and the rest take to thyself.
YLT And the king of Sodom saith unto Abram, 'Give to me the persons, and the substance take to thyself,'
DBY And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the souls, and take the property for thyself.
RV And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
WBS And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
KJB And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.[fn]
(And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.)
14.21 persons: Heb. souls
BB And the kyng of Sodome sayde vnto Abram: geue me the soules, and take the goodes to thy selfe.
(And the king of Sodom said unto Abram: give me the soules, and take the goodes to thyself/yourself.)
GNV Then the King of Sodom saide to Abram, Giue me the persons, and take the goodes to thy selfe.
(Then the King of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goodes to thyself/yourself. )
CB Then sayde the kynge of Sodome vnto Abram: Geue me the soules, and take ye goodes vnto thy self.
(Then said the king of Sodom unto Abram: Give me the soules, and take ye/you_all goodes unto thy/your self.)
WYC Forsothe the kyng of Sodom seide to Abram, Yyue thou the men to me; take thou othir thingis to thee.
(Forsothe the king of Sodom said to Abram, Yyue thou/you the men to me; take thou/you other things to thee.)
LUT Da sprach der König von Sodom zu Abram: Gib mir die Leute, die Güter behalte dir.
(So spoke the king from Sodom to Abram: Gib to_me the Leute, the Güter behalte dir.)
CLV Dixit autem rex Sodomorum ad Abram: Da mihi animas, cetera tolle tibi.
(Dixit however rex Sodomorum to Abram: Da mihi animas, cetera tolle tibi. )
BRN And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the men, and take the [fn]horses to thyself.
14:21 Or, cavalry. Heb. הרכש.
BrLXX Εἶπε δὲ βασιλεὺς Σοδόμων πρὸς Ἅβραμ, δός μοι τοὺς ἄνδρας, τὴν δὲ ἵππον λάβε σεαυτῷ.
(Eipe de basileus Sodomōn pros Habram, dos moi tous andras, taʸn de hippon labe seautōi. )
14:21-24 Abram knew that accepting the offer of the king of Sodom (see study note on 14:1-2) could make him his ally or subject, as Lot had been. This would jeopardize the fulfillment of God’s promises. Faith looks beyond the riches of the world to the greater blessings that God has in store.
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר מֶֽלֶךְ סְדֹ֖ם אֶל־אַבְרָ֑ם
and=he/it_said king Şədom to/towards Avram
Alternate translation: “Then the king of Sodom requested of Abram,” or “After that, the king over the city of Sodom urged Abram,”
Note 1 topic: writing-politeness
תֶּן לִ֣י
give to=me
Make sure in your translation that the king of Sodom’s request to Abram sounds polite, not rude or demanding. Alternate translation: “Please give to me”
הַנֶּ֔פֶשׁ
the=living_creatures
Alternate translation: “my people whom you saved,” or “the people from Sodom whom you rescued,”
וְהָרְכֻ֖שׁ קַֽח לָֽךְ
and,the,goods take to/for=you(fs)
See how you translated possessions in verses 11-12,16. Alternate translation: “but the plunder you may keep for yourself.” or “but take for yourself the belongings that you recovered.”