Genesis 14:13

11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.

12 And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.

14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.

15 And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.

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BSB
Then an escapee came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the Oaks of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol and Aner, all of whom were bound by treaty to Abram.
KJV
And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
WEB
One who had escaped came and told Abram, the Hebrew. At that time, he lived by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner. They were allies of Abram.
ASV
And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew: now he dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and these were confederate with Abram.
DARBY
And one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew. And he dwelt by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol, and the brother of Aner. And these were Abram's allies.
BLB
And the escapee came, and he told Abram the Hebrew, and he was dwelling by the Oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner; and they were possessors [of] a covenant with Abram.
ÅB
Da kom det noen som var undsloppet, og fortalte det til hebreeren Abram; han bodde ved den terebinte-lund som tilhørte amoritten Mamre - Mamre var bror til Eskol og Aner, og de hadde alle gjort en pakt med Abram.
OTB
Da kom en som hadde unnsluppet og fortalte Abram, hebreeren. Han bodde ved eikene til Mamre, amoritten, bror til Esjkol og Aner, som var allierte med Abram.
B1930
Da kom det nogen som var undsloppet, og fortalte det til hebreeren Abram; han bodde ved den terebinte-lund som tilhørte amoritten Mamre - Mamre var bror til Eskol og Aner, og de hadde alle gjort en pakt med Abram.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 13:18

    Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.

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  • Genesis 14:24

    Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.

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  • Genesis 40:15

    For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.

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  • 1 Samuel 4:12

    And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.

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  • Exodus 2:6

    And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children.

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  • 2 Corinthians 11:22

    Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.

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  • Job 1:15

    And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

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  • Genesis 43:32

    And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.

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