Genesis 14 · Verse 7

Genesis 14:7

And they returned, and came to En–mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon–tamar.
Genesis 14:7, King James Version

Genesis 14:7 in other translations

BSBThen they turned back to invade En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar.
WEBThey returned, and came to En Mishpat (also called Kadesh), and struck all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that lived in Hazazon Tamar.
ASVAnd they returned, and came to En-mishpat (the same is Kadesh), and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazazon-tamar.
YLTand they turn back and come in unto En-Mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smite the whole field of the Amalekite, and also the Amorite who is dwelling in Hazezon-Tamar.
DARBYAnd they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites that dwelt at Hazazon-Tamar.
BBEThen they came back to En-mishpat (which is Kadesh), making waste all the country of the Amalekites and of the Amorites living in Hazazon-tamar.
WebsterAnd they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar.

What does Genesis 14:7 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 En-mishpat - The well of judgment; probably so called from the judgment pronounced by God on Moses and Aaron for their rebellion at that place; Num 20:1-10. Amalekites - So called afterwards, from Amalek, son of Esau; Gen 36:12. Hazezon-tamar - Called, in the Chaldee, Engaddi; a city in the land of Canaan, which fell to the lot of Judah; Jos 15:62. See also 2Chr 20:2. It appears, from Sol 1:14, to have been a very fruitful place.

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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…

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Genesis 14:7 in the original Hebrew

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וַ֠יָּשֻׁבוּVai.ya.shu.vuand they turned backH7725
וַיָּבֹ֜אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uand they cameH935
אֶל\־'el-toH413
עֵ֤ין'einEnH5880
מִשְׁפָּט֙mish.PatMishpatH5880
הִ֣ואhi'thatH1931
קָדֵ֔שׁka.Desh[is] KadeshH6946
וַיַּכּ֕וּvai.ya.Kuand they defeatedH5221
אֶֽת\־'et-<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
שְׂדֵ֖הse.Deh[the] region ofH7704
הָעֲמָלֵקִ֑יha.'a.ma.lei.Kithe Amalekite[s]H6003
וְגַם֙ve.Gamand alsoH1571
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָ֣אֱמֹרִ֔יha.'e.mo.Rithe Amorite[s]H567
הַיֹּשֵׁ֖בhai.yo.Shevwho was dwellingH3427
בְּחַֽצְצֹ֥ןbe.cha.Tzonin HazezonH2688
תָּמָֽר\׃ta.MarTamarH2688

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Cross references for Genesis 14:7

  • 2 Chronicles 20:2

    Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazon–tamar, which is En–gedi.

  • Genesis 16:14

    Wherefore the well was called Beer–lahai–roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

  • Genesis 20:1

    And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.

  • Numbers 20:1

    Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.

  • 1 Samuel 27:1-12

    And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand. And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath. And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s wife. And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him. …

  • Joshua 15:62

    And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and En–gedi; six cities with their villages.

  • Deuteronomy 1:46

    So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there.

  • Numbers 14:43

    For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the Lord, therefore the Lord will not be with you.

  • 1 Samuel 15:1-35

    Samuel also said unto Saul, The Lord sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the Lord. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt. Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah. …

  • Numbers 14:45

    Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.

  • 1 Samuel 30:1-31

    And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire; And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way. So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives. Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep. …

  • Numbers 24:20

    And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Kadesh.En-mishpat or Kadesh, was about 8 leagues south of Hebron.
16:14; 20:1; Nu 20:1; De 1:19,46
Amalekites.
36:12,16; Ex 17:8-16; Nu 14:43,45; 24:20; 1Sa 15:1-35; 27:1-12
1Sa 30:1-31
Hazezon-tamar.Called by the Chaldee, "En-gaddi," a town on the western shore of the Dead Sea.
Jos 15:62; 2Ch 20:2

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Context

  • Genesis 14:6

    And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El–paran, which is by the wilderness.

  • Genesis 14:7

    And they returned, and came to En–mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon–tamar.

  • Genesis 14:8

    And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;

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Genesis 14:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y volvieron, y vinieron á Emmisphat, que es Cades, y devastaron todas las haciendas de los Amalecitas, y también al Amorrheo, que habitaba en Hazezón-tamar.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et ils retournèrent, et vinrent à En-Mishpath, qui est Kadès, et ils frappèrent toute la contrée des Amalékites, et aussi les Amoréens qui habitaient à Hatsatson-Thamar.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und sie wandten sich und kamen nach En-Mischpat, das ist Kades; und sie schlugen das ganze Gefilde der Amalekiter und auch die Amoriter, die zu Hazazon-Tamar wohnten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Reversique sunt, et venerunt ad fontem Misphat, ipsa est Cades: et percusserunt omnem regionem Amalecitarum, et Amorrhæum, qui habitabat in Asasonthamar.