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Genesis 14:10

וְ עֵמֶק הַ שִׂדִּים בֶּאֶרֹת בֶּאֶרֹת חֵמָר וַ יָּנֻסוּ מֶלֶךְ סְדֹם וַ עֲמֹרָה וַ יִּפְּלוּ שָׁמָּה וְ הַ נִּשְׁאָרִים הֶרָה נָּסוּ

And the valley of the Fields is wells wells of tar.533 And the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah are escaping, and falling534 there-ward, and the Remnant535 mountain-ward have escaped.536

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).