Study it in the app“Then they turned back and came to En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh) and defeated the whole territory of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar.”
Then they turned backוַיָּשֻׁבוּand cameוַיָּבֹאוּto En-mishpatאֶל עֵין מִשְׁפָּט(that is,הִואKadesh)קָדֵשׁand defeatedוַיַּכּוּthe wholeאֶת כָּלterritoryשְׂדֵהof the Amalekites,הָעֲמָלֵקִיand alsoוְגַםthe Amoritesאֶת הָאֱמֹרִיwho livedהַיֹּשֵׁבin Hazazon-tamar.בְּחַצְצֹן תָּמָר
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashuvu” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appearsEn-mishpat
En-mishpat, another name of Kadesh. It means "spring of judgment".
Where else “en” appearsKadesh
Kadesh, an oasis in the wilderness south of Canaan; later a camp of Israel.
Where else “kadesh” appearsdefeat
To attack and beat in battle.
Where else “yaku” appearsterritory
A region: "the fields of Moab".
Where else “sede” appearsAmalekite
Amalekite(s): a nomadic people of southern Canaan, enemies of Israel from the exodus onward.
Where else “amaleki” appearsAmorite
Amorite: one of the main peoples of Canaan before Israel.
Where else “emori” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshev” appearsHazazon-tamar
Hazazon-tamar, a place by the Dead Sea, identified with En-gedi (2 Chronicles 20:2).
Where else “chatstson” appears6and the Horites in their mountains of Seir, as far as El-paran, which is by the wilderness.
7 · This verse (above)
8Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) went out and drew up battle lines against them in the Valley of Siddim,
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)?
