10 Now the Valley of Siddim contained many asphalt pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell into them,[a] but the rest fled to the mountains.(A)

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  1. Genesis 14:10 Sam, LXX; MT reads fell there

10 Now the Valley of Siddim(A) was full of tar(B) pits, and when the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah(C) fled, some of the men fell into them and the rest fled to the hills.(D)

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But when she could no longer hide him, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with asphalt and pitch. She placed the child in it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile.

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But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus(A) basket[a] for him and coated it with tar and pitch.(B) Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds(C) along the bank of the Nile.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 2:3 The Hebrew can also mean ark, as in Gen. 6:14.