Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and when the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some of the men fell into them and the rest fled to the hills. New Living Translation As it happened, the valley of the Dead Sea was filled with tar pits. And as the army of the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell into the tar pits, while the rest escaped into the mountains. English Standard Version 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. Berean Standard Bible Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some men fell into the pits, but the survivors fled to the hill country. King James Bible And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain. New King James Version Now the Valley of Siddim was full of asphalt pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled; some fell there, and the remainder fled to the mountains. New American Standard Bible Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell into them. But those who survived fled to the hill country. NASB 1995 Now the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell into them. But those who survived fled to the hill country. NASB 1977 Now the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell into them. But those who survived fled to the hill country. Legacy Standard Bible now the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits—and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell into them; but those who remained behind fled to the hill country. Amplified Bible Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar (bitumen) pits; and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, they fell into them. But the remainder [of the kings] who survived fled to the hill country. Christian Standard Bible Now the Siddim Valley contained many asphalt pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell into them, but the rest fled to the mountains. Holman Christian Standard Bible Now the Valley of Siddim contained many asphalt pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell into them, but the rest fled to the mountains. American Standard Version Now the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and they that remained fled to the mountain. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And the valley of Sedumia was pits upon pits of tar and the Kings of Sadom fled and the King of Amora and they fell there, and those who survived fled to the mountains. Brenton Septuagint Translation Now the salt valley consists of slime-pits. And the king of Sodom fled and the king of Gomorrha, and they fell in there: and they that were left fled to the mountain country. Contemporary English Version was full of tar pits, and when the troops from Sodom and Gomorrah started running away, some of them fell into the pits. Others escaped to the hill country. Douay-Rheims Bible Now the woodland vale had many pits of slime. And the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrha turned their backs and were overthrown there: and they that remained fled to the mountain. English Revised Version Now the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and they that remained fled to the mountain. GOD'S WORD® Translation The valley of Siddim was full of tar pits. As the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, they fell because of the tar pits, but the other kings fled to the hills. Good News Translation The valley was full of tar pits, and when the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah tried to run away from the battle, they fell into the pits; but the other three kings escaped to the mountains. International Standard Version Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, so when the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some of their people fell into them, while the rest fled to the hill country. JPS Tanakh 1917 Now the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and they that remained fled to the mountain. Literal Standard Version And the Valley of Siddim [is] full of bitumen-pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah flee, and fall there, and those left have fled to the mountain. Majority Standard Bible Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some men fell into the pits, but the survivors fled to the hill country. New American Bible Now the Valley of Siddim was full of bitumen pits; and as the king of Sodom and the king of Gomorrah fled, they fell into these, while the rest fled to the mountains. NET Bible Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits. When the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, they fell into them, but some survivors fled to the hills. New Revised Standard Version 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. New Heart English Bible Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the king of Sodom and the king of Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and those who remained fled to the hills. Webster's Bible Translation And the vale of Siddim was full of slime-pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there: and they that remained fled to the mountain. World English Bible Now the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and some fell there. Those who remained fled to the hills. Young's Literal Translation And the valley of Siddim is full of bitumen-pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah flee, and fall there, and those left have fled to the mountain. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Lot Seized by the Four Kings10Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some men fell into the pits, but the survivors fled to the hill country. 11The four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food, and they went on their way.… Cross References Genesis 11:3 And they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly." So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar. Genesis 14:3 The latter five came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea). Genesis 14:9 against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar--four kings against five. Genesis 14:11 The four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food, and they went on their way. Genesis 14:17 After Abram returned from defeating Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley). Genesis 14:21 The king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the people, but take the goods for yourself." Genesis 19:17 As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, "Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!" Treasury of Scripture And the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain. slime pits. Genesis 11:3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter. fell. Joshua 8:24 And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword. Psalm 83:10 Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth. Isaiah 24:18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake. the mountain. Genesis 19:17,30 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed… Jump to Previous Bitumen Country Earth End Fell Fled Flee Flight Full Gomorrah Gomor'rah Hill Hills Holes Kings Mountain Pits Rest Siddim Slime Sodom Sticky Survived Tar Vale ValleyJump to Next Bitumen Country Earth End Fell Fled Flee Flight Full Gomorrah Gomor'rah Hill Hills Holes Kings Mountain Pits Rest Siddim Slime Sodom Sticky Survived Tar Vale ValleyGenesis 14 1. The battle of four kings against the king of Sodom and his allies.12. Lot is taken prisoner. 14. Abram rescues him. 17. Melchizedek blesses Abram, who gives him tithes. 21. Abram restores the rest of the spoil to the king of Sodom. (10) The vale of Siddim was full of slimepits.--That is, of holes whence bitumen had been excavated. Layers of this natural asphalte, well known both to the Greeks and Romans as pia Judaica, Judean pitch, still exist on the western side of the Dead Sea; and the places whence it had been dug out, and which are often very deep, formed dangerous impediments in the way of the defeated side.Verse 10. - And the vale of Siddim was full of slime-pits. Literally, was pits, pits (cf. 2 Kings 3:16; Ezekiel 42:12 for examples of repeated nouns) of slime, bitumen or asphalte, and therefore unfavorable for flight. "Some of the wells near the Dead Sea are 116 feet deep, with a stratum of bitumen fifteen feet in depth, and as black as jet" (Inglis). And the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled and fell there. Stumbled into the pits and perished (Keil, Lange, Murphy), though if the king of Sodom escaped (Ver. 17), the language may only mean that they were overthrown there (Knobel, Rosenmüller, Bush, 'Speaker's Commentary'). And they that remained fled to the mountain, of Moab, with its numerous defiles. 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Hebrew Now the Valleyוְעֵ֣מֶק (wə·‘ê·meq) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6010: A vale of Siddim הַשִׂדִּ֗ים (ha·śid·dîm) Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 7708: Siddim -- a valley near the Dead Sea was full of tar חֵמָ֔ר (ḥê·mār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2564: Bitumen, asphalt pits, בֶּֽאֱרֹ֤ת (be·’ĕ·rōṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's 875: A pit, a well and as the kings מֶֽלֶךְ־ (me·leḵ-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4428: A king of Sodom סְדֹ֥ם (sə·ḏōm) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 5467: Sodom -- a Canaanite city near the Dead Sea and Gomorrah וַעֲמֹרָ֖ה (wa·‘ă·mō·rāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 6017: Gomorrah -- a city in the Jordan Valley fled, וַיָּנֻ֛סוּ (way·yā·nu·sū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 5127: To flit, vanish away some men fell וַיִּפְּלוּ־ (way·yip·pə·lū-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 5307: To fall, lie into [the pits], שָׁ֑מָּה (šām·māh) Adverb | third person feminine singular Strong's 8033: There, then, thither but the survivors וְהַנִּשְׁאָרִ֖ים (wə·han·niš·’ā·rîm) Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 7604: To swell up, be, redundant fled נָּֽסוּ׃ (nā·sū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 5127: To flit, vanish away to the hill country. הֶ֥רָה (he·rāh) Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country Links Genesis 14:10 NIVGenesis 14:10 NLT Genesis 14:10 ESV Genesis 14:10 NASB Genesis 14:10 KJV Genesis 14:10 BibleApps.com Genesis 14:10 Biblia Paralela Genesis 14:10 Chinese Bible Genesis 14:10 French Bible Genesis 14:10 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 14:10 Now the valley of Siddim was full (Gen. 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