The campaign, the tar pits and Lot taken
Says וּבְאַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה בָּא is “and in the fourteenth year came.” The kings struck רְפָאִים (“Rephaim”), הַזּוּזִים (“Zuzim,” “an ancient trans-Jordanic people, dwelling in” Ham) and הָאֵימִים (“Emim (terrors) ancient inhab. of Moab Gn 14⁵”). The Greek renders Rephaim as “τοὺς γίγαντας” (“the giants”). In 14:6 הַחֹרִי are the Horites, “ancient inhabitants of land of Edom Gn 14⁶.”
Says In 14:7 וַיָּשֻׁבוּ וַיָּבֹאוּ is “and they turned back and came,” the lexicon’s “turn back and do so and so: Gn 14⁷.” עֵין מִשְׁפָּט הִוא קָדֵשׁ is “En-mishpat, that is Kadesh,” the Greek “τὴν πηγὴν τῆς κρίσεως” (“the spring of judgment”).
Says In 14:10 וְעֵמֶק הַשִׂדִּים בֶּאֱרֹת בֶּאֱרֹת חֵמָר is “and the valley of Siddim was pits, pits of bitumen”: the doubled noun means “full of” (BSB “full of tar pits”). וַיָּנֻסוּ מֶלֶךְ־סְדֹם וַעֲמֹרָה has one “king” for two cities; BSB has “the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah” and supplies “some men.”
Says In 14:12 וַיִּקְחוּ אֶת־לוֹט וְאֶת־רְכֻשׁוֹ בֶּן־אֲחִי אַבְרָם is “and they took Lot and his goods, the son of Abram’s brother,” and וְהוּא יֹשֵׁב בִּסְדֹם is “and he was dwelling in Sodom.”
Implies Lot, who in 13:12 pitched his tent toward Sodom, is now dwelling in it, and so is taken with its goods.
Claims
- Saysוּבְאַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה בָּא is “and in the fourteenth year came.” The kings struck רְפָאִים (“Rephaim”), הַזּוּזִים (“Zuzim,” “an ancient trans-Jordanic people, dwelling in” Ham) and הָאֵימִים (“Emim (terrors) ancient inhab. of Moab Gn 14⁵”). The Greek renders Rephaim as “τοὺς γίγαντας” (“the giants”). In 14:6 הַחֹרִי are the Horites, “ancient inhabitants of land of Edom Gn 14⁶.”
- SaysIn 14:7 וַיָּשֻׁבוּ וַיָּבֹאוּ is “and they turned back and came,” the lexicon’s “turn back and do so and so: Gn 14⁷.” עֵין מִשְׁפָּט הִוא קָדֵשׁ is “En-mishpat, that is Kadesh,” the Greek “τὴν πηγὴν τῆς κρίσεως” (“the spring of judgment”).
- SaysIn 14:10 וְעֵמֶק הַשִׂדִּים בֶּאֱרֹת בֶּאֱרֹת חֵמָר is “and the valley of Siddim was pits, pits of bitumen”: the doubled noun means “full of” (BSB “full of tar pits”). וַיָּנֻסוּ מֶלֶךְ־סְדֹם וַעֲמֹרָה has one “king” for two cities; BSB has “the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah” and supplies “some men.”
- SaysIn 14:12 וַיִּקְחוּ אֶת־לוֹט וְאֶת־רְכֻשׁוֹ בֶּן־אֲחִי אַבְרָם is “and they took Lot and his goods, the son of Abram’s brother,” and וְהוּא יֹשֵׁב בִּסְדֹם is “and he was dwelling in Sodom.”
- ImpliesLot, who in 13:12 pitched his tent toward Sodom, is now dwelling in it, and so is taken with its goods.
Citations
- OSHB CC BY 4.0 Gen 14:5–12 (WLC/OSHB; morph HTd/Ngmsa HC/Vqw3mp HNcfpc HVqrmsa)
- BSB public domain Gen 14:5–12 (BSB)
- BDB CC BY 4.0 BDB 1906, p. 265 (leaf n288), archive.org hebrewenglishlex00browuoft, s.v. H2104 “an ancient trans-Jordanic people, dwelling in”; checked against the printed page (scan)
- BDB CC BY 4.0 BDB 1906, p. 34 (leaf n57), archive.org hebrewenglishlex00browuoft, s.v. H368 “Emim (terrors) ancient inhab. of Moab Gn 14⁵”; checked against the printed page (scan)
- BDB CC BY 4.0 BDB 1906, p. 360 (leaf n383), archive.org hebrewenglishlex00browuoft, s.v. H2752 “ancient inhabitants of land of Edom Gn 14⁶”; checked against the printed page (scan)
- BDB CC BY 4.0 BDB 1906, p. 996 (leaf n1019), archive.org hebrewenglishlex00browuoft, s.v. H7725 “turn back and do so and so: Gn 14⁷”; checked against the printed page (scan)
- LXX (Swete) CC BY-SA 4.0 Gen 14:5–7, text and apparatus. LXX: Swete, vol. 1 (1901), p. 21 (leaf n52), p. 22 (leaf n53). Checked against the printed page (scan).
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