Genesis 14:10

Translations

Modern

Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some men fell into the pits, but the survivors fled to the hill country.

Traditional

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.

Literal

And the Valley of Siddim had pits, pits of tar; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and some fell there, and the remainder fled to the mountains.

Latin

Vallis autem Silvestris habebat puteos multos bituminis. Itaque rex Sodomorum, et Gomorrhæ, terga verterunt, cecideruntque ibi: et qui remanserant, fugerunt ad montem.

Original

Hebrew

English

Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some men fell into the pits, but the survivors fled to the hill country.

Notes

Genesis 14:8–12

The five cities of the Plain were close together near the south end of the Dead Sea. The Mesopotamian kings crushed the weak revolt, plundered Sodom and Gomorrah, and carried Lot away with the other captives.

Genesis 14:1–16

In this typical ancient political conflict, powerful kings allied to control smaller dependent states.

Theme notes and profiles

Abraham Lot Melchizedek Invasion Symbolic Numbers

Related verses

Genesis 19:17
As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”
Isaiah 24:18
Whoever flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are open, and the foundations of the earth are shaken.
Jeremiah 48:44
“Whoever flees the panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For I will bring upon Moab the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.
Genesis 19:30
Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains—for he was afraid to stay in Zoar—where they lived in a cave.
Genesis 11:3
And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.
Joshua 8:24
When Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai who had pursued them into the field and wilderness, and when every last one of them had fallen by the sword, all the Israelites returned to Ai and put it to the sword as well.
Psalm 83:10
…who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.

Places

Gomorrah: Wicked city destroyed by God along with Sodom Sodom: Wicked city destroyed by God for its sins Valley of Siddim: Valley near the Dead Sea; site of battle

Glossary

Amraphel Arioch Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Bitumen Chedorlaomer Cities of the Plain Ebla Tablets Genesis, Book of Kedorlaomer King’s Highway Lot Melchizedek Palestine Patriarchs, Period of the Siddim Valley Slimepits Travel

Topics

Abraham: Defeats Chedorlaomer Birsha: A King of Gomorrah Bitumen: (Margin RV , Slime)): An Inflammable Mineral Chedorlaomer: King of Elam Lot: The Son of Haran: Taken Captive by Chedorlaomer; Rescued by Abraham Mountains: Afford Refuge in Time of Danger Siddim: Scene of the Defeat of the King of Sodom Slime: The Valley of Siddim Afforded Sodom: King of, Joins Other Kings of the Nations Resisting the Invasion of Chedorlaomer

Genesis 14:10

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