Genesis 14:17

14:17 After Abram returned from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet Abram in the Valley of Shaveh (known as the King’s Valley).

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 15:12

15:12 When the sun went down, Abram fell sound asleep, and great terror overwhelmed him.

Genesis 30:21

30:21 After that she gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.


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

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

sn The King’s Valley is possibly a reference to what came to be known later as the Kidron Valley.

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 “a deep sleep fell on Abram.”

tn Heb “and look, terror, a great darkness was falling on him.”