KJV King James Version
Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
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Genesis 14:4
Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For twelve years they had been subject to Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
WEB World English Bible
Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year, they rebelled.
ASV American Standard Version
Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and the thirteenth year they rebelled.
Surrounding context — Genesis 14
1 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;
2 [That these] made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.
3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that [were] with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which [is] by the wilderness.
7 And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which [is] Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar.
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Genesis 9:25-26And he said, Cursed [be] Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.Ezekiel 17:15But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such [things]? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?
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