Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version During the night Abram divided his men to attack them and he routed them, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus. New Living Translation There he divided his men and attacked during the night. Kedorlaomer’s army fled, but Abram chased them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus. English Standard Version And he divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and defeated them and pursued them to Hobah, north of Damascus. Berean Standard Bible During the night, Abram divided his forces and routed Chedorlaomer’s army, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus. King James Bible And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. New King James Version He divided his forces against them by night, and he and his servants attacked them and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus. New American Standard Bible Then he divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus. NASB 1995 He divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus. NASB 1977 And he divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus. Legacy Standard Bible And he divided his men against them by night, he and his servants, and struck them and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus. Amplified Bible He divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and attacked and defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus. Christian Standard Bible And he and his servants deployed against them by night, defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hobah to the north of Damascus. Holman Christian Standard Bible And he and his servants deployed against them by night, attacked them, and pursued them as far as Hobah to the north of Damascus. American Standard Version And he divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And he and his Servants split up against them in the night and they struck them and they chased them until Khuba that is by the left of Darmsuq. Brenton Septuagint Translation And he came upon them by night, he and his servants, and he smote them and pursued them as far as Choba, which is on the left of Damascus. Contemporary English Version That night, Abram divided up his troops, attacked from all sides, and won a great victory. But some of the enemy escaped to the town of Hobah north of Damascus, Douay-Rheims Bible And dividing his company, he rushed upon them in the night: and defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hoba, which is on the left hand of Damascus. English Revised Version And he divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. GOD'S WORD® Translation He split up his men to attack them at night. He defeated them, pursuing them all the way to Hobah, which is north of Damascus. Good News Translation There he divided his men into groups, attacked the enemy by night, and defeated them. He chased them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus, International Standard Version During the night, Abram and his servants divided his forces, conquered his enemies, and pursued them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus. JPS Tanakh 1917 And he divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. Literal Standard Version And he divides himself against them by night, he and his servants, and strikes them, and pursues them to Hobah, which [is] at the left of Damascus; Majority Standard Bible During the night, Abram divided his forces and routed Chedorlaomer’s army, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus. New American Bible He and his servants deployed against them at night, defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus. NET Bible Then, during the night, Abram divided his forces against them and defeated them. He chased them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus. New Revised Standard Version He divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and routed them and pursued them to Hobah, north of Damascus. New Heart English Bible He divided his forces against them at night, he and his servants, and attacked them, and pursued them to Hobah, which is north of Damascus. Webster's Bible Translation And he divided himself against them, he and his servants by night, and smote them, and pursued them to Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. World English Bible He divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and struck them, and pursued them to Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. Young's Literal Translation And he divideth himself against them by night, he and his servants, and smiteth them, and pursueth them unto Hobah, which is at the left of Damascus; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Abram Rescues Lot…14And when Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men born in his household, and they set out in pursuit as far as Dan. 15During the night, Abram divided his forces and routed Chedorlaomer’s army, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus. 16He retrieved all the goods, as well as his relative Lot and his possessions, together with the women and the rest of the people.… Cross References Acts 9:2 and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem. Acts 9:8 Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could not see a thing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus. Acts 9:10 In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord spoke to him in a vision, "Ananias!" "Here I am, Lord," he answered. Genesis 15:2 But Abram replied, "O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?" Judges 7:16 And he divided the three hundred men into three companies and gave each man a ram's horn in one hand and a large jar in the other, containing a torch. 1 Kings 15:18 So Asa withdrew all the silver and gold that remained in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace. He entrusted it to his servants and sent them with this message to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus: Isaiah 7:8 For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered as a people. Treasury of Scripture And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them to Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. And he. Psalm 112:5 A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion. smote. Isaiah 41:2,3 Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow… Damascus. Deuteronomy 15:2 And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD'S release. 1 Kings 15:18 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, Acts 9:2 And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem. Jump to Previous Abram Attack Damascus Defeated Divided Divideth Far Flight Forces Hand Night North Overcame Pursued Pursueth Pursuing Putting Routed Separating Servants Smiteth Smote StruckJump to Next Abram Attack Damascus Defeated Divided Divideth Far Flight Forces Hand Night North Overcame Pursued Pursueth Pursuing Putting Routed Separating Servants Smiteth Smote StruckGenesis 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. (15) Hobah . . . on the left hand of Damascus.--That is, to the north, as the Hebrews looked eastward in defining the quarters of the heaven. The victory had thus been followed up with great energy, the pursuit having lasted, according to Josephus, the whole of the next day and night after that on which the attack was made. At Hobah the mountains cease, and the great plain of Damascus begins, and further pursuit was therefore useless.Verse 15. - And he divided himself (i.e. his forces) against them, he and his servants (along with the troops of his allies), by night, and (falling on them unexpectedly from different quarters) smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah. A place Choba is mentioned in Judith 15:5 as that to which the Assyrians were pursued by the victorious Israelites. A village of the same name existed near Damascus in the time of Eusebius, and is "probably preserved in the village Hoba, mentioned by Troilo, a quarter of a mile to the north of Damascus" (Keil); or in that of Hobah, two miles outside the walls (Stanley, ' Syria and Palestine,' 414, k.), or in Burzeh, where there is a Moslem wady, or saint's tomb, called the sanctuary of Abraham (Porter's 'Handbook,' p. 492). Which is to the left of (i.e. to the north of, the spectator being supposed to look eastward) Damascus. The metropolis of Syria, on the river Chrysorrhoas, in a large and fertile plain at the foot of Antilibanus, the oldest existing city in the world, being possessed at the present day of 150,000 inhabitants. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew During the night,לַ֛יְלָה (lay·lāh) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3915: A twist, night, adversity [Abram] ה֥וּא (hū) Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are divided וַיֵּחָלֵ֨ק (way·yê·ḥā·lêq) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2505: To be smooth, to apportion, separate his forces וַעֲבָדָ֖יו (wa·‘ă·ḇā·ḏāw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5650: Slave, servant and routed [Chedorlaomer’s army], וַיַּכֵּ֑ם (way·yak·kêm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural Strong's 5221: To strike pursuing וַֽיִּרְדְּפֵם֙ (way·yir·də·p̄êm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural Strong's 7291: To pursue, chase, persecute them as עַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while far as Hobah, חוֹבָ֔ה (ḥō·w·ḇāh) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 2327: Hobah -- a place North of Damascus north מִשְּׂמֹ֖אל (miś·śə·mōl) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8040: Dark, the north, the left hand of Damascus. לְדַמָּֽשֶׂק׃ (lə·ḏam·mā·śeq) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 1834: Damascus -- a city in Aram (Syria) Links Genesis 14:15 NIVGenesis 14:15 NLT Genesis 14:15 ESV Genesis 14:15 NASB Genesis 14:15 KJV Genesis 14:15 BibleApps.com Genesis 14:15 Biblia Paralela Genesis 14:15 Chinese Bible Genesis 14:15 French Bible Genesis 14:15 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 14:15 He divided himself against them by night (Gen. 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