14:17 After Abram 1 returned from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet Abram 2 in the Valley of Shaveh (known as the King’s Valley). 3
14:1 At that time 4 Amraphel king of Shinar, 5 Arioch king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations 6
15:12 When the sun went down, Abram fell sound asleep, 7 and great terror overwhelmed him. 8
30:21 After that she gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.
1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abram) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Abram) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 sn The King’s Valley is possibly a reference to what came to be known later as the Kidron Valley.
4 tn The sentence begins with the temporal indicator וַיְהִי (vayÿhi) followed by “in the days of.”
5 sn Shinar (also in v. 9) is the region of Babylonia.
6 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”).
7 tn Heb “a deep sleep fell on Abram.”
8 tn Heb “and look, terror, a great darkness was falling on him.”