Study it in the app“In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him came and defeated the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,”
In the fourteenthוּבְאַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵהyearשָׁנָהChedorlaomerכְדָרְלָעֹמֶרand the kingsוְהַמְּלָכִיםwhoאֲשֶׁרwere with himאִתּוֹcameבָּאand defeatedוַיַּכּוּthe Rephaimאֶת רְפָאִיםin Ashteroth-karnaim,בְּעַשְׁתְּרֹת קַרְנַיִםthe Zuzimוְאֶת הַזּוּזִיםin Ham,בְּהָםthe Emimוְאֵת הָאֵימִיםin Shaveh-kiriathaim,בְּשָׁוֵה קִרְיָתָיִם
four
Four.
Where else “arba” appears-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “esre” appearsyear
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appearsChedorlaomer
Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, leader of the alliance of four kings in Genesis 14.
Where else “chedarlaomer” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melachim” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appearsdefeat
To attack and beat in battle.
Where else “yaku” appearsRephaim
An ancient people of very tall men.
Where else “refaim” appearsAshteroth-karnaim
Ashteroth-karnaim, a town east of the Jordan.
Where else “ashtrot” appearsZuzim
Zuzim, an ancient people east of the Jordan.
Where else “zuzim” appearsHam
Ham, a place east of the Jordan (not Ham, son of Noah; in Hebrew they are spelled differently).
Where else “ham” appearsEmim
Emim, an ancient people who lived where Moab was later.
Where else “emim” appearsShaveh
Shaveh, the name of a valley or plain.
Where else “shave” appearsKiriathaim
Kiriathaim, a town east of the Jordan; also a town in Naphtali.
Where else “kiryatayim” appears4Twelve years they had served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
5 · This verse (above)
6and the Horites in their mountains of Seir, as far as El-paran, which is by the wilderness.
1. What it says
What did Abram do when he heard that his relative Lot had been taken captive (vv. 14-16)?
2. What it means
What does Melchizedek, king of Salem, do, and what does he say when he blesses Abram (vv. 18-20)?
3. How I live it
How can you help a relative or friend in trouble without expecting anything in return, as Abram did (vv. 22-24)?
