Genesis 14:10

And the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the Melech Sodom and Amora (Gomorrah) they fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And 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.

In Context

9With Kedorlaomer Melech Eilam, and with Tidal Melech Goyim, and Amraphel Melech Shinar, and Aryoch Melech Ellasar; four melachim against five.

11And they took all the possessions of Sodom and Amora (Gomorrah), and all their ochel, and went their way.

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Cross References

Genesis 11:3And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and bake them thoroughly. And they had brick for even (stone), and bitumen had they for mortar.

Genesis 19:30And Lot left Tzoar, and dwelt in the har, and his two banot with him; for he feared to dwell in Tzoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two banot.

Psalms 83:10Do unto them as unto Midyan; 1 as to Sisra, as to Yavin, at the Wadi Kishon; + 83:10 See Judg 4—8 1

Jeremiah 48:44He that fleeth from the pachad (terror) 1 shall fall into the pakhat (pit); 1 and he that getteth up out of the pakhat 1 shall be caught in the pach (snare); 1 for I will bring upon it, even upon Moav, 1 the shnat (year of) their pekuddah (visitation), saith Hashem. 1

Matthew Henry on Genesis 14:2-13

Lot Taken Captive. ( b. c. 1913.) 1 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; 2 That 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. 3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea. 4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. 5 And in the… Read the whole commentary →

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