Genesis 14:1–11 — Five kings defend against four attackers

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Gen 14:1–11

14:1 Five kings defend against four attackers

14 At the time when Amrafel was king of Shin’ar, Areyok was king of Elasar, Kedorla’omer was king of Eylam, and Tid’al was king of the Goyim, 2 they went to war against Bera king of Sedom, Birsha king of Amorah (Gomorrah), Shin’av king of Admah, Shem’ever king of Tsevoim, and the king of Bela (also known as Tsoar). 3 Those latter five kings joined forces in the Siddim valley (also known as the Salt Sea valley). 4 They had been subject to King Kedorla’omer for twelve years, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

5 Then in the fourteenth year, Kedorla’omer and the kings who were with him went and attacked the Refaim in Ashterot -Karnayim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh -Kiryatayim, 6 and the Horim in the hill country of Se’ir as far as El Paran, which is near the wilderness. 7 Then those four kings turned back and went to Eyn Mishpat (also called Kadesh) and they attacked the entire territories of the Amalekim and also the Amorim, who were living in Hazezon Tamar.

8 Then the king of Sedom, the king of Amorah, the king of Admah, the king of Tsevoim, and the king of Bela (also called Tsoar) went out into the Sidim Valley and arranged their troops for battle 9 against Kedorla’omer king of Eylam, Tid’al king of Goyim, Amrafel king of Shin’ar, Areyok king of Elasar—five kings defending themselves against the four. 10 Now the Sidim Valley had many tar pits, and when the kings of Sedom and Amorah fled, they fell into the pits, but the rest fled up into the hills. 11 Then the four attacking kings took all the peoples’ possessions from Sedom and Amorah and all their food and left.

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14 And_he/it _was in_the _days _of Amraphel the _king _of Shinˊār ʼArəyōk the _king _of Ellasar Kedorlaomer the _king _of ˊĒylām and_Tidˊāl the _king _of Gōy.

2 They _made war with Bera the _king _of Şədom and_DOM Birsha the _king _of ˊAmorāh/(Gomorrah) Shinab the _king _of ʼAdmāh and_Shemeber the _king _of Tsəⱱoʼīm/(Zeboiim)[fn][fn] and_the _king _of Belaˊ that is_Tsoˊar/(Zoar).

3 All _of these they _joined _together to the _valley _of (the)_Siddim that is_the _Sea _of (the)_Salt.

4 Two _plus ten year[s] they _had _served DOM Kedorlaomer and_three teen year they _rebelled.

5 And_in_four- teen year Kedorlaomer and_the_kings who with_him/it he _came and_they _defeated DOM the_Rəfāʼīm in_ˊAshtərot- qarnayim and_DOM the_Zuzites in_Ḩām and_DOM the_ʼĒymīm in_Shaveh Qiryātayim.

6 And_DOM the_Ḩorīte[s] in_their _hill _of_country of _Sēˊīr to ʼĒl Pāʼrān which is_at the_wilderness.

7 And_they _turned _back and_they _came to En Mishpat that is_Qādēsh and_they _defeated DOM all _of the _region _of the _ˊAmālēqite[s] and_also DOM the_ʼAmorī who_was_dwelling in_ Ḩaʦʦōn tāmār.

8 And_he/it _went _out the _king _of Şədom and_the _king _of ˊAmorāh and_the _king _of ʼAdmāh and_the _king _of Tsəⱱoʼīm[fn] and_the _king _of Belaˊ that is_Tsoˊar and_they _deployed with_them battle in_the _valley _of (the)_Siddim.

9 With Kedorlaomer the _king _of ˊĒylām and_Tidˊāl the _king _of Gōy and_Amraphel the _king _of Shinˊār and_ʼArəyōk the _king _of Ellasar four kings with the_five.

10 And_the _valley _of (the)_Siddim[fn] was_pits _of pits _of bitumen and_ the _king _of Şədom and_Amorah _they _fled and_they _fell to_(to) and_those_who_survived the _hill _country_to they _fled.

11 And_they _took DOM all _of the _possession[s]_of Şədom and_Amorah and_DOM all _of food _of_their and_they _went.

14:2 OSHB variant note: צביים: (x-qere) ’צְבוֹיִ֔ים’: lemma=6636 n=0.1 morph=HNp id=01kJL צְבוֹיִ֔ים

14:2 OSHB note: We read one or more consonants in L differently from BHS.

14:8 OSHB variant note: צביים: (x-qere) ’צְבוֹיִ֔ם’: lemma=6636 n=1.1 morph=HNp id=01Jqs צְבוֹיִ֔ם

14:10 OSHB note: BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.

OET-RV by cross-referenced section GEN 14:1

Five kings defend against four attackers

Gen 14:1–11