Verse 2
Genesis 14:2
Bible in Basic English
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They made war with Bera, king of Sodom, and with Birsha, king of Gomorrah, Shinab, king of Admah, and Shemeber, king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (which is Zoar).
Original Language Text
hebrew
עָשׂ֣וּ מִלְחָמָ֗ה אֶת בֶּ֨רַע֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ סְדֹ֔ם וְ/אֶת בִּרְשַׁ֖ע מֶ֣לֶךְ עֲמֹרָ֑ה שִׁנְאָ֣ב מֶ֣לֶךְ אַדְמָ֗ה וְ/שֶׁמְאֵ֨בֶר֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ צביים צְבוֹיִ֔ים וּ/מֶ֥לֶךְ בֶּ֖לַע הִיא צֹֽעַר
English Translation
They made war against Bera, king of Sodom, and against Birsha, king of Gomorrah, and against Shinab, king of Admah, and against Shemeber, king of Zeboiim, and against the king of Bela, which is Zoar.
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Chapter 14 Context
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Now in the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch, king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, an...
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They made war with Bera, king of Sodom, and with Birsha, king of Gomorrah, Shinab, king of Admah, an...
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All these came together in the valley of Siddim (which is the Salt Sea).
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For twelve years they were under the rule of Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they put off h...
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And in the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings who were on his side, overcame the Rephaim in...
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And the Horites in their mountain Seir, driving them as far as El-paran, which is near the waste lan...
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Then they came back to En-mishpat (which is Kadesh), making waste all the country of the Amalekites...
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And the king of Sodom with the king of Gomorrah and the king of Admah and the king of Zeboiim and th...
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Against Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of Goiim, and Amraphel, king of Shinar, and Ario...
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Now the valley of Siddim was full of holes of sticky earth; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah were...
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And the four kings took all the goods and food from Sodom and Gomorrah and went on their way.
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And in addition they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who was living in Sodom, and all his goods.
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And one who had got away from the fight came and gave word of it to Abram the Hebrew, who was living...
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And Abram, hearing that his brother's son had been made a prisoner, took a band of his trained men,...
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And separating his forces by night, he overcame them, putting them to flight and going after them as...
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And he got back all the goods, and Lot, his brother's son, with his goods and the women and the peop...
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And when he was coming back after putting to flight Chedorlaomer and the other kings, he had a meeti...
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And Melchizedek, king of Salem, the priest of the Most High God (Elohim), took bread and wine,
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And blessing him, said, May the blessing of the Most High God (Elohim), maker of heaven and earth, b...
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And let the Most High God (Elohim) be praised, who has given into your hands those who were against...
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And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the prisoners and take the goods for yourself.
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But Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have taken an oath to the Lord, the Most High God (Elohim), m...
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That I will not take so much as a thread or the cord of a shoe of yours; so that you may not say, I...
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Give me nothing but the food which the fighting-men who went with me have had; but let Aner and Eshc...
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