Genesis 14:10
Verse
And the valley of Siddim was full of asphalt pits, and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there. And they that remained fled to the mountain.
Now the Valley of Siddim was full of bitumen pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell into them, and the rest fled to the hill country.
Now the salt valley consists of slime pits. And the king of Sodom fled and the king of Gomorrah, and they fell in there: and they that were left fled to the mountain country.
Footnotes
| 533 | wells wells of tar. Hebre בֶּֽאֱרֹ֤ת בֶּאֱרֹת֙. Word for “well” in plural is repeated. Taken to mean full of tar pits by other translators. Although “two pits” for “two cities” also makes sense. Hebrew doesn’t make a distinction between “pit” and “well”. Hinting at the location of the Tower of Babel which was built using tar/bitumen in Genesis 11. |
| 534 | Strong’s #5307, naphal. To fall, whence comes our Nephalim. |
| 535 | Hebrew הַנִּשְׁאָרִ֖ים, the Hannisharim. This is the first likely identification of “the Remnant” which are spoken of by the Prophets. The first reference to the Remnant is in Genesis 7:23, identified with Rest (Noah). |
| 536 | The Remnant Hebrew הֶ֥רָה, harah. Singular with the directional “ה”. The Remnant escape toward the mountain. Jesus speaks of this in his prophecies, “then let them that are in Judaea [Judah] flee toward the mountains” Matt. 24:16. Luke specifically speaks of “her”: “Then those in Judea, let them flee to the mountains; and those in her midst, let them depart out; and those in the countries, let them not enter into her.” Luk. 21:21 Berean Literal Bible |