When Abram heard that his relative was taken captive, he led out his three hundred eighteen trained men, born in his house, and pursued as far as Dan.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Genesis 14:14 in context
Genesis 14:11–17
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They took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their food, and went their way.
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They took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who lived in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
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One who had escaped came and told Abram, the Hebrew. At that time, he lived by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner. They were allies of Abram.
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When Abram heard that his relative was taken captive, he led out his three hundred eighteen trained men, born in his house, and pursued as far as Dan.
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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.
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He brought back all the goods, and also brought back his relative Lot and his goods, and the women also, and the other people.
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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 (that is, the King’s Valley).
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