Genesis 14:15

14:15 Then, during the night, Abram divided his forces against them and defeated them. He chased them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus.

Genesis 14:1

The Blessing of Victory for God’s People

14:1 At that time Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations

Genesis 11:24

11:24 When Nahor had lived 29 years, he became the father of Terah.

Isaiah 7:8

7:8 For Syria’s leader is Damascus,

and the leader of Damascus is Rezin.

Within sixty-five years Ephraim will no longer exist as a nation.


tn The Hebrew text simply has “night” as an adverbial accusative.

tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abram) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

tn Heb “he divided himself…he and his servants.”

tn Heb “left.” Directions in ancient Israel were given in relation to the east rather than the north.

tn The sentence begins with the temporal indicator וַיְהִי (vayÿhi) followed by “in the days of.”

sn Shinar (also in v. 9) is the region of Babylonia.

tn Or “king of Goyim.” The Hebrew term גּוֹיִם (goyim) means “nations,” but a number of modern translations merely transliterate the Hebrew (cf. NEB “Goyim”; NIV, NRSV “Goiim”).

tn Heb “Ephraim will be too shattered to be a nation”; NIV “to be a people.”