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The Blessing of Victory for God’s People

14 At that time[a] Amraphel king of Shinar,[b] Arioch king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 14:1 tn The sentence begins with the temporal indicator וַיְהִי (vayehi) followed by “in the days of.”
  2. Genesis 14:1 sn Shinar (also in v. 9) is the region of Babylonia.
  3. Genesis 14:1 tn Or “king of Goyim.” The Hebrew term גּוֹיִם (goyim) means “nations,” but a number of modern translations merely transliterate the Hebrew (cf. NEB “Goyim”; NIV, NRSV “Goiim”).