Genesis 14:4
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Twelveשְׁתֵּ֤ים
(she·teim)
8147: two (a card. number)from shanah
yearsשָׁנָ֔ה
(sha·nah,)
8141: a yearfrom shana
they had servedעָבְד֖וּ
(a·ve·du)
5647: to work, servea prim. root
Chedorlaomer,כְּדָרְלָעֹ֑מֶר
(ke·da·re·la·'o·mer;)
3540: a king of Elamof foreign origin
but the thirteenthוּשְׁלֹשׁ־
(u·she·losh-)
7969: a three, triadof uncertain derivation
yearשָׁנָ֖ה
(sha·nah)
8141: a yearfrom shana
they rebelled.מָרָֽדוּ׃
(ma·ra·du.)
4775: to rebela prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
Twelve
`asar  (aw-sawr')
ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth -- (eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-)teen(-th), + eleven(-th), + sixscore thousand, + twelve(-th).
shnayim  (shen-ah'-yim)
two; also (as ordinal) twofold -- both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
years
shaneh  (shaw-neh')
a year (as a revolution of time) -- + whole age, long, + old, year(-ly).
they served
`abad  (aw-bad')
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
'eth  (ayth)
self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) -- (as such unrepresented in English).
Chedorlaomer
Kdorla`omer  (ked-or-law-o'-mer)
Kedorlaomer, an early Persian king -- Chedorlaomer.
and in the thirteenth
shalowsh  (shaw-loshe')
masculine shlowshah {shel-o-shaw'}; or shloshah {shel-o-shaw'}; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multipl.) thrice
`asar  (aw-sawr')
ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth -- (eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-)teen(-th), + eleven(-th), + sixscore thousand, + twelve(-th).
year
shaneh  (shaw-neh')
a year (as a revolution of time) -- + whole age, long, + old, year(-ly).
they rebelled
marad  (maw-rad')
to rebel -- rebel(-lious).
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Twelve years they had served Chedorlaomer, but the thirteenth year they rebelled.

King James Bible
Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They were subject to Chedorlaomer for 12 years, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

International Standard Version
They were subject to Chedorlaomer for twelve years, but they rebelled in the thirteenth year.

NET Bible
For twelve years they had served Kedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
For 12 years they had been subject to Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

King James 2000 Bible
Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
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