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RBT Translation:

And he is becoming in the days of Dark-Sayer504 king of Two-Rivers, Lion-like505 king of Elohim-Disciplines,506 Handful-of-Sheaves507 king of Eternity,508 and Great-Builder509 king of Nations,510

LITV Translation:
And it happened in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal king of the nations,
ESV Translation:
In the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim,
Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And it came to pass in the reign of Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar, that Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations,

Footnotes

504

Strong’s Hebrew #569: Amraphel = ‘sayer of darkness’. Raphel being from #6205 araphel, thick darkness, gloom, cloud.

505

Strong’s #746: Arioch = lion-like

506

Strong’s #495: Ellasar = ‘el is chastener’

507

Strong’s #3540: Chedorlaomer = ‘handful of sheaves’

508

Strong’s #5867: Elam = ‘eternity, the age’

509

Strong’s #8413: Tidal = ‘great builder’

510

These all describe Jesus perfectly. His garments are divided into four parts at the cross. He spoke in dark sayings, riddles, and parables (John 16:25); is the Lion of Judah (Rev. 5:5); the eternal King (Jer. 10:10); is the Master of the harvest (Luk. 10:2); and is the Great Builder of God (Heb. 1).