Genesis 14:17 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 14:17 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיֵּצֵ֣א
yâtsâʼ
H3318
to go out
מֶֽלֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
סְדֹם֮
Çᵉdôm
H5467
Sodom
לִקְרָאתוֹ֒
qirʼâh
H7125
to meet
אַחֲרֵ֣י
ʼachar
H310
after
שׁוּב֗וֹ
shûwb
H7725
to return
מֵֽהַכּוֹת֙
nâkâh
H5221
to strike
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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כְּדָרלָעֹ֔מֶר
Kᵉdorlâʻômer
H3540
Chedorlaomer
וְאֶת
ʼêth
H853
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הַמְּלָכִ֖ים
melek
H4428
king
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
אִתּ֑וֹ
ʼêth
H854
with
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
עֵ֣מֶק
ʻêmeq
H6010
valley
שָׁוֵ֔ה
Shâvêh
H7740
level plain
ה֖וּא
hûwʼ
H1931
he
עֵ֥מֶק
ʻêmeq
H6010
valley
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
The king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, at the valley of Shaveh (the same is the King's Valley).
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King James Version Public Domain
And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Then the king of Sodom came out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh, which the King’s Valley, after he returned from striking Chedorlaomer and the kings who with him.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).