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Genesis 14:1

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AND it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;
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  1. Genesis 10:10Rank 1 from verse 1
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    10And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

  2. Genesis 10:22Rank 2 from verse 1
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    22The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

  3. Genesis 11:2Rank 3 from verse 1
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    2And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

  4. Isaiah 37:12Rank 4 from verse 1
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    12Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar?

  5. Isaiah 11:11Rank 5 from verse 1
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    11And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

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Genesis 14:1

COMBINED MEANING

pass

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To go by, through, over, or beyond; to happen, cease, or be transferred.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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king

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A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.

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nations

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Sense 1: Distinct peoples or political communities. Sense 2: The Gentile peoples as distinguished from Israel.

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1AND it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;

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2That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.

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