They said to each other, ‘Come, let’s make oven-fired bricks.’ (They used brick for stone and bitumen for mortar.)
Genesis 14:10 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Now the Siddim Valley contained many bitumen pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell into them, but the rest fled to the mountains. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now the Valley of Siddim was full of slime or bitumen pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, they fell (were overthrown) there and the remainder [of the kings] fled to the mountain. American Standard Version (1901) Now the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and they that remained fled to the mountain. Common English Bible Now the Siddim Valley was filled with tar pits. When the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah retreated, they fell into them; and the rest fled to the mountains. Catholic Public Domain Version Now the wooded valley had many pits of bitumen. And so the king of Sodom and the king of Gomorrah turned back and they fell there. And those who remained, fled to the mountain. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now the woodland vale had many pits of slime. And the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrha turned their backs and were overthrown there: and they that remained fled to the mountain. |
They said to each other, ‘Come, let’s make oven-fired bricks.’ (They used brick for stone and bitumen for mortar.)
The four kings took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food and went on.
After Abram returned from defeating Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him in the Shaveh Valley (that is, the King’s Valley ).
Then the king of Sodom said to Abram, ‘Give me the people, but take the possessions for yourself.’
All of these came as allies to the Siddim Valley (that is, the Dead Sea ).
against King Chedorlaomer of Elam, King Tidal of Goiim, King Amraphel of Shinar, and King Arioch of Ellasar #– #four kings against five.
As soon as the angels got them outside, one of them said, ‘Run for your lives! Don’t look back and don’t stop anywhere on the plain! Run to the mountains, or you will be swept away! ’
Lot departed from Zoar and lived in the mountains along with his two daughters, because he was afraid to live in Zoar. Instead, he and his two daughters lived in a cave.
Whoever flees at the sound of panic will fall into a pit, and whoever escapes from the pit will be caught in a trap. For the floodgates on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth are shaken.
He who flees from the panic will fall in the pit, and he who climbs from the pit will be captured in the trap, for I will bring against Moab the year of their punishment. This is the Lord’s declaration.
When Israel had finished killing everyone living in Ai who had pursued them into the open country, and when every last one of them had fallen by the sword, all Israel returned to Ai and struck it down with the sword.