Genesis 14:3
All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
Genesis 14:3 in other translations
| BSB | The latter five came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea). |
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| WEB | All these joined together in the valley of Siddim (also called the Salt Sea). |
| ASV | All these joined together in the vale of Siddim (the same is the Salt Sea). |
| YLT | All these have been joined together unto the valley of Siddim, which is the Salt Sea; |
| DARBY | All these were joined in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea. |
| BBE | All these came together in the valley of Siddim (which is the Salt Sea). |
| Webster | All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea. |
What does Genesis 14:3 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 14:1-12
The wars of nations make great figure in history, but we should not have had the record of this war if Abram and Lot had not been concerned. Out of covetousness, Lot had settled in fruitful, but wicked Sodom. Its inhabitants were the most ripe for vengeance of all the descendants of Canaan. The invaders were from Chaldea and Persia, then only small kingdoms. They took Lot among the rest, and his goods. Though he was…
Genesis 14:3 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 14:3
- Numbers 34:12
And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.
- Deuteronomy 3:17
The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdoth–pisgah eastward.
- Joshua 3:16
That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
- Genesis 19:24
Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven;
- Psalms 107:34
A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
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Context
- Genesis 14:2
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.
- Genesis 14:3
All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
- Genesis 14:4
Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
Genesis 14:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Todos estos se juntaron en el valle de Siddim, que es el mar salado. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Tous ceux-ci se joignirent dans la vallée de Siddim, qui est la mer Salée. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Alle diese verbündeten sich und kamen in das Tal Siddim, das ist das Salzmeer. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Omnes hi convenerunt in vallem Silvestrem, quæ nunc est mare salis. |