Genesis 14:17
And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king’s dale.
KJV
Egressus est autem rex Sodomorum in occursum ejus postquam reversus est a cæde Chodorlahomor, et regum qui cum eo erant in valle Save, quæ est vallis regis.
Vulgate
Ἐξῆλθεν δὲ βασιλεὺς Σοδόμων εἰς συνάντησιν αὐτῷ, μετὰ τὸ ὑποστρέψαι αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τῆς κοπῆς τοῦ Χοδαλλογόμορ καὶ τῶν ⸂⸆⸃ βασιλέων τῶν μετ’ αὐτοῦ, εἰς τὴν κοιλάδα τὴν Σαύην· τοῦτο ἦν τὸ πεδίον βασιλέως.
LXX
And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, at the vale of Shaveh (the same is the King’s Vale).
ASV
וַ/יֵּצֵ֣א מֶֽלֶךְ סְדֹם֮ לִ/קְרָאת/וֹ֒ אַחֲרֵ֣י שׁוּב֗/וֹ מֵֽ/הַכּוֹת֙ אֶת כְּדָרלָעֹ֔מֶר וְ/אֶת הַ/מְּלָכִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתּ֑/וֹ אֶל עֵ֣מֶק שָׁוֵ֔ה ה֖וּא עֵ֥מֶק הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Intertextual echoes
Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.
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Heb 7:1 · adapted"For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;"Genesis: Melchizedek met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Sam 18:18 — Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king’s dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own
- 2Sam 18:18 — Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king’s dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own
- Exod 18:7 — And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.