Genesis 38:14

38:14 So she removed her widow’s clothes and covered herself with a veil. She wrapped herself and sat at the entrance to Enaim which is on the way to Timnah. (She did this because ¹  she saw that she had not been given to Shelah as a wife, even though he had now grown up.) ² 

Genesis 38:2

38:2 There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man ³  named Shua. ⁴  Judah acquired her as a wife ⁵  and had marital relations with her. ⁶ 

Genesis 14:2

14:2 went to war ⁷  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). ⁸ 

Genesis 14:5

14:5 In the fourteenth year, Kedorlaomer and the kings who were his allies came and defeated ⁹  the Rephaites in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh Kiriathaim,

[38:14]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text simply has “because,” connecting this sentence to what precedes. For stylistic reasons the words “she did this” are supplied in the translation and a new sentence begun.

[38:14]  ² tn Heb “she saw that Shelah had grown up, but she was not given to him as a wife.”

[38:2]  ³ tn Heb “a man, a Canaanite.”

[38:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “and his name was Shua.”

[38:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he took her.”

[38:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “and he went to her.” This expression is a euphemism for sexual intercourse.

[14:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “made war.”

[14:2]  ⁸ 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.

[14:5]  ⁹ tn The Hebrew verb נָכָה (nakhah) means “to attack, to strike, to smite.” In this context it appears that the strike was successful, and so a translation of “defeated” is preferable.