Genesis 14:2
Context14:2 went to war 1 against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar). 2
Genesis 26:7
Context26:7 When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he replied, “She is my sister.” 3 He was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” for he thought to himself, 4 “The men of this place will kill me to get 5 Rebekah because she is very beautiful.”


[14:2] 2 sn On the geographical background of vv. 1-2 see J. P. Harland, “Sodom and Gomorrah,” The Biblical Archaeologist Reader, 1:41-75; and D. N. Freedman, “The Real Story of the Ebla Tablets, Ebla and the Cities of the Plain,” BA 41 (1978): 143-64.
[26:7] 3 sn Rebekah, unlike Sarah, was not actually her husband’s sister.
[26:7] 4 tn Heb “lest.” The words “for he thought to himself” are supplied because the next clause is written with a first person pronoun, showing that Isaac was saying or thinking this.