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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?

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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

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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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14:1AND 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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14:2That 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.

14:3All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.

14:4Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

14:5And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,

14:6And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness.

14:7And they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon-tamar.

14:8And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;

14:9With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.

14:10And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.

14:11And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.

14:12And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

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